A message from The Mills Charity

We have launched the application process for our new Almshouses in Mills Crescent, off Brook Lane/Vyces Road, Framlingham, comprising 4 one-bedroom flats and 10 three-bedroom terraced houses.

The Mills Charity provides almshouses for people (of any age) who are in need, hardship or distress and who have a strong connection with Framlingham or an adjacent village¹. Such a link might be their own or a close family member’s present residence, a child attending a local school, or a current or recent past employment link.

Residents occupy houses under licence as beneficiaries of The Mills Charity, so there is no landlord/tenant relationship established between the licensee and The Mills Charity.  A monthly sum is payable in advance as a maintenance contribution and not as rent. 

All residents must be able to care for themselves, both sustaining and maintaining an independent lifestyle, as the Mills Charity does not provide, nor is it authorised to provide, any form of nursing or care.  If residential or nursing care becomes necessary at some time in the future, residents may be asked to find more suitable accommodation.

Please click here  for an explanatory leaflet and here  for application information.   

Bob Snell

Clerk to the Trustees

On behalf of the Chairman

Note 1: “Adjacent villages” comprise those dwellings within the boundaries of the parishes of Badingham, Brandeston, Cransford, Dennington, Earl Soham, Easton, Kettleburgh, Parham and Saxtead