Our support staff are there to keep a watchful eye, deal with any problems with the property, and to give them a helping hand with daily life when they need.
Staff are on site during the day throughout the week to help but should residents need help urgently at any time – they can trigger their pendant alarm to access our Careline and get the help they need.
On duty care support staff
Emergency pendant 24/7 Careline
Self catered
Morning call / daily check-ups
Facilities & services
- Sheltered housing
- On duty support staff
- Morning call / daily check-ups
- Emergency pendant careline 24/7
- Self-catered
“My relative has been in residence for a number of years and has been looked after above and beyond the required standard, in fact, it is clearly a labour of love and a vocation for the excellent staff.”
Relative of Resident
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Accommodation at Whitgift Almshouses
All sheltered housing apartments at the Whitgift Almshouses are unfurnished and include their own bathroom and kitchen area.
Every room is fitted with an alarm call system, fire alarm, and telephone and intercom. Communal facilities include the beautiful quadrangle garden and a large living room with comfortable chairs and an open fire – providing a central hub for social life and activities including weekly coffee mornings and lunches.
A chapel is housed within the grounds where residents enjoy services twice a week. There is a laundry on site for use by residents at no extra charge and a guest flat available for short term stays for families and friends.
Keeping active
It’s vital we keep our minds and bodies active as we get older – it keeps us feeling young and helps to bring a sense of joy and purpose to our daily lives.
At the Whitgift Almshouses, residents enjoy a strong sense of community and tend to forge close personal relationships with those they live with, often enjoying rounds of cards and garden games together, as well as with members of the wider John Whitgift Foundation family.
Assisted living
Residents at the Almshouses live under their own care in self-catered sheltered accommodation. However, staff are on duty seven days a week to deal with any problems at the property and to give residents a hand with daily life when they need.
And should they need help urgently outside of duty hours, they can trigger their pendant alarm to access our Careline and get the help needed.
Rated ‘Good’ across all our care settings by Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Go to www.cqc.org.uk for our latest inspection reports.
Meet the team
Find out more about our dedicated nursing and respite care team working at Whitgift care homes to support and care for our elderly residents.
Whitgift Almshouses fees and entry criteria
Unlike any other Whitgift Care residence, the Whitgift Almshouses have specific entry criteria that must be met – these are in accordance with the wishes of Archbishop John Whitgift and have been in place for more than four hundred years.
Residents here must be over the age of 60, of modest means, communicant members of the Church of England, and come from either the parishes of Lambeth, Croydon, or Kent.
Our Criteria
- Aged 60 or over
- Of modest means
- Communicant members of CofE
- Lambeth, Croydon, or Kent parishioners
Fees start from £512 per month
Local area
In easy reach of both London and the Southeast countryside, Croydon has excellent transport links by road, rail, and tram.
Whitgift Almshouses
North End, Croydon CR9 1PD
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New resident enquiries: 0208 256 1596
All other enquiries: 0208 760 0933
