Life at Albany.

AHT First Aid Training Exercise

We recently took part in emergency first aid training, and it was an excellent experience from start to finish. The course was well-structured, informative, and delivered in an engaging manner by our knowledgeable trainer. The training covered essential first aid techniques, including CPR, wound care, and emergency response, ensuring that we felt confident in handling […]

National Lottery Award

We are delighted to share the news that Albany Housing Trust have been awarded an incredible sum by the National Lottery Community Fund in order to  support our scheme ‘surviving rising costs of living when you’re facing homelessness’  This will help us carry out drop in sessions, provide food and refreshments along with food parcels […]

AHT’s Christmas Drop In 2024 Event

We held our annual Christmas drop in event on Thursday 19th December 2024.  There was hot food, beverages, online games, a quiz and a raffle.

A.H.T Spring Event 2023

Everyone is invited for pizza, followed by tea, cakes and talks. Let’s discuss current affairs what is going good and not, so good at Albany Housing Trust, post COVID-19, Ukraine War, Increased living costs and what we can do to help. Date: Thursday 27th April 2023Time : 1pm – 3:30pmLocation: 1127 – 1129 London Road, […]

Housing Support NPO of the year

Albany Housing Trust is not-for-profit supported accommodation provider, with the majority of their properties being shared. Depending on the size of the property, it may house two to five clients living together, having exclusive and sole access to their own private bedroom, whilst sharing the kitchen, bathroom and communal areas, such as garden and living/dining […]

Annual Christmas Event 2022

We held our annual Christmas event for the clients of Albany Housing Trust on Tuesday 6th December 2022. We had food, a BBQ, refreshments and games. The pool table and dominos always go down a hit! The overall event was filled with valuable moments and cheerful memories.

Christmas Meals

Albany Housing Trust distributed meals among its all the service users and secret santa goodies for their children on the occasion of Christmas’22.

Food Bank Day

With the help of our amazing local community and generous landlords, we successfully organised a food bank in our head office on Friday 25th of November 2022 in which bags of food, essentials and toiletries were distributed to AHT’s clients, family and friends. Here are some glimpses of the event.

Runner Up

Albany Housing Trust was a runner up in the category of Contribution to the Community by Croydon Business Excellence Awards.

FINALIST – THE HOUSING TEAM NPO AWARD 2023/24

We are pleased to announce that we had been nominated and are a finalist in the Housing with Care Awards 2023/24 in the Housing Team not for profit category!

Christmas Drop In 2023

Albany Housing Trust’s Jubilee Games Party

You are invited to… Celebrate with Albany Housing Trust, games & snacks. Come and enjoy the celebration with the team, and chances to WIN A HAMPER. — Wednesday 1st June, 1 pm – 3 pm  ALBANY HOUSING TRUST  1127 – 1129 London Road, SW16 4XD — Please RSVP to your support worker by Friday 27th […]

St Patrick’s Day

At Albany Housing Trust, we have loved holding events for the clients. The clients seem to thoroughly enjoy them and it’s nice to see them all getting to know each other and easing isolation with massive smiles on their faces. Our clients look forward to the events, we are already arranging our next event to […]

Albany Housing Trust Football Event 2023

We are delighted to have held a Albany Housing Trust football event in our local park – Thornton Heath Recreation Ground. We played 7 a side and had a fabulous time. Final score being 17 – 15. with lots of refreshments and snacks. We look forward to holding our next event and maybe a game […]

Albany Housing Trust Spring Banquet 2022

Date: Thursday 17th March 2022 Time: Drop in between 1 – 3pm Where: 1127 – 1129 London Road, Norbury, SW16 4XD Come and Celebrate St Patricks Day and the beginning of Spring with Albany Housing Trust! We will be supplying food and drink, please let us know if you have any dietary requirements. Click here […]

Albany clients who have moved on

The following Albany clients have moved on: Kieron Sawyer Sherylnna John Jenkins Ayoub Saedi Alan

Christmas Drop In Thank You

Christmas can be a difficult time for some and to support our mission to ease isolation and build communities we invited Albany clients to attend our office on Wednesday 15th December 2021 for mince pies and hot drinks, we supplied Christmas crackers and festive music and fun! We adhered to recent Covid guidelines and covid testing […]

Albany Housing Trust Christmas Drop In

Christmas can be a difficult time for some and to support our mission to ease isolation and build communities we are inviting Albany clients to attend our office next Wednesday 15th December 2021 for mince pies and hot drinks, we will supply Christmas crackers and festive music and fun! We must adhere to recent Covid guideline […]

Emergency First Aid At Work

Staff at Albany Housing Trust successfully completed Emergency First Aid at work level 3 VTQ training with ProTrainings. The aim of this vital training is to preserve life, prevent a condition from worsening and also to promote recovery. We developed skills on how to provide immediate care for injuries and illnesses that develop while people […]

Albany Housing Trust End of Summer Banquet

‘At Albany Housing Trust, our aim is to ease isolation and build communities. We find that holding events such as our end of summer banquet achieves this, clients from our different houses go on to build long and meaningful friendships. We were kindly donated food from a local Indian restaurant from one of our landlords, […]

Albany Housing Trust’s Tenant Committee Panel Meeting

TCP Meeting (April 2021)

The Tenant Committee Panel is formed of clients at Albany Housing Trust, there are positions within the TCP – Chair, Vice Chair, Treasury and Secretary. Tenant involvement is key at Albany, our committee meeting is held every month, where we discuss current affairs, improvements to be made within the organisation, the impact of Covid 19 […]

COVID-19 Risk Assessment

Tenant Committee Panel Meeting

World Mental Health Day Tea and Talk!

As someone who suffers from mental health, World mental health day is so important, it raises awareness of mental health. Mental health is not always obvious unless we talk about it, we can hide it with a smile. -Anne Saunders

Picnic fun

Thank you

Picnic taking place Friday 31st July 2020

TCP

Box fit class

Christmas 2019 at Albany

Tenants unanimously decided to enjoy Christmas lunch at Toby Calvery, there was festive food & laughter and thoroughly enjoyed by all. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”1″]

Albany’s BoxFit Class with Spark Fit Box

Albany successfully partnered with Spark Fit Box where we hold weekly training sessions in the form of boxing at St Stephen’s church Hall, 9 Warwick Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7NH. This weekly treat has proven to be a fundamental ‘not to be missed event’ with clients and staff all participating to encourage the benefits of […]

Mental health benefits of exercise

Exercise makes you feel good because it releases chemicals like endorphins and serotonin that improve your mood. It can also get you out in the world, help to reduce any feelings of loneliness and isolation, and put you in touch with other people. If you exercise regularly , it can reduce your stress and symptoms of mental health conditions […]

Albany’s volunteering scheme

We pride ourselves on consistently providing our tenants with purposeful activities, where they are able to put their many skills to use whether it be painting and decoration, carrying out office duties, gardening skills to name a few.