The Taunton Heritage Trust is a Taunton-based Almshouse and grant giving Charity that has provided housing for those in need since the early 1600’s. We currently have 66 almshouse flats in Taunton for the over 60’s who are in need and we also provide a grant scheme, granting every month to people in crisis, totalling tens of thousands per yearhere has been a lot of favourable press recently about the benefits of almshouse living and how Almshouse Charities will play an important role in helping to solve the housing crisis in this country. At the Trust we are embarking on an ambitious project to develop an important town-centre site to provide additional almshouses and replacement staff offices, in order to meet demand and to confirm our place as a local housing provider well into the twenty first century.

This is a pivotal time for the Taunton Heritage Trust and to enable us to deliver our ambitious plans, we are looking for dynamic and dedicated individuals, to serve as Trustees, who share the ethos of our almshouse charity. We are a small part-time staff team of nine and currently a Board of 11 Trustees – all with a passion to do our very best for people in need in the Taunton area.