Abbeyfield, formally The Abbeyfield Society, is an English housing charity operating in the United Kingdom. It provides

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and care homes for elderly people. Based in

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, it is a registered charity under English law and a registered

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. As of January 2022, the charity is led by chief executive Paul Tennant. It was founded in 1956 by Richard Carr-Gomm OBE (1922–2008). The Abbeyfield Society directly owns and manages around 200 houses and 20 care homes. It is also affiliated with independent local Abbeyfield charities who together run a further 250 Abbeyfield Society Houses and 60 care homes across the UK. The Abbeyfield Kent Society is the largest independent Abbeyfield society. A

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in Gomm Road,

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, commemorates Richard Carr-Gomm and Abbeyfield Society.London Borough of Southwark
Humanitarian

Sir Nicholas Winton Sir Nicholas George Winton (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of being murdered by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at ...

was awarded the

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for his role with Abbeyfield.

References

External links

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Richard Carr-Gomm and Abbeyfield (pdf)
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