Housing
New Dementia Care facility at Manormead
The Board's first Dementia Care
facility was opened at Manormead Care Home in Hindhead,
Surrey in December 2010. The Board's aim was to provide a safe home
and caring environment for its beneficiaries and their dependants
who have dementia.
As demand for care and support for
those living with dementia continues to grow, the Board remains
committed to meeting these demands for its beneficiaries, so
we are delighted that a second Dementia Care
facility at Manormead, with a further seven rooms, opens in
January 2013.
These additional rooms
have already been allocated, but for more information
about the Dementia Care facilities, please contact Tracy Wood
in the Supported Housing and Nursing Care section of the
Housing Department on:
Research into Future Retiring Clergy Housing needs
The Church of England Pensions
Board provides a range of retirement services to those who
have served or worked for the Church, including the provision for
more than 60 years of Housing assistance to Clergy when they retire
from the Ministry (subject to certain qualifying
conditions/criteria). The Board is committed to delivering a
professional, high quality and efficient service for our customers,
respecting their needs, as well as the needs of those who provide
the money to enable us to do this.
Therefore, we organised a
survey of all stipendiary Clergy due to retire within the next
15 years, to gauge future requirements for assistance. The survey
was carried out during June/July 2012 by the Centre for Housing
Policy at the University of York, which is well known and respected
in the field of Housing research. In due course, the Survey
findings and the Board's recommendations will form the basis of a
Report to General Synod and the key findings will be made available
to Clergy to coincide with this Report.
CHARM Scheme
The Church's Housing Assistance for
the Retired Ministry (CHARM) Scheme came into operation in
1983 and the Board is able to assist beneficiaries vacating
tied housing with retirement accommodation via the Shared Ownership
Scheme, the Rental Scheme, the Supported Housing
Schemes, or Manormead Care Home (with Nursing), as
follows:
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Retired Clergy, Deaconesses,
Licensed Lay and Church Workers, and Church Army Officers;
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with at least five years
qualifying pensionable service under Clergy Pension Measures;
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with insufficient financial
resources to purchase a property outright; and
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their Spouses, Civil Partners,
Widows and Widowers.
Non-Stipendiary Ministry
(NSMs), members of other Religious Orders and Lay Pensioners,
with a minimum of five years service, are eligible for the
Supported Housing Schemes and Manormead Care Home (with
Nursing).
Retirement housing is not provided
'as of right', but may be offered having regard to the resources
available to the Board and each applicant's circumstances. It is
not the purpose of the Scheme to assist those who have some
resources of their own, either in the aquisition of a larger
property, or with their wider financial planning, by freeing
capital for other purposes.
Housing Schemes available
There are three categories of
housing assistance available, each of which is described in more
detail within this section of the website:
In addition, the Board
administers Manormead Care Home
(with Nursing) for those who require full Nursing care,
including the Dementia Care Wings.
Eligibility Criteria
In April 2010, the
Board introduced changes to the Eligibilty Criteria by increasing the
minimum service required for the Rental Scheme from five
years by one year every April, until the required service is
15 years in 2019, so the minimum service required is
currently nine years. Years of qualifying service are
determined by an applicant's service on their date of retirement;
even if they subsequently apply to the Board for housing later in
their retirement.
However, this increase does
not apply to the Shared Ownership Scheme, the Supported Housing
Schemes, the Care Home, or early retirement due to Ill
Health, where minimum service required remains at five
years.
Elegibility was also
extended to Clergy with a minimum of five years
Stipendiary service plus House for Duty service that matches
the minimum service requirement; and eligibility for the
Supported Housing Schemes and the Care
Home was extended to those ordained with Non-Stipendiary
Ministry service and applicants from other Religious Orders
with the minumum of five years service
required.
The Board also extended
eligibility to the Supported Housing Schemes and the Care Home
to all individuals who receive a pension from the Board,
including their spouses/civil partners, with the minimum
of five years service required. However, those with Ministry
service will always take priority over Lay applicants on the
waiting lists.
Shared Ownership Scheme
The Shared Ownership scheme was
introduced in 2008; its aim is to make home ownership an affordable
option for retiring clergy and other beneficiaries who cannot
afford to purchase outright on the open market. The Board purchase
the property and then grant a 99 year lease to the shared owner.
The minimum share that applicants can purchase is 25% of the
property's value; and rent is payable on the Board's share of the
property.
Service charges are also payable,
which smooth the costs of maintenance and repair, so there are no
unexpected bills. Additional shares in the property can be
increased at any time in the future (staircasing) up to owning it
outright, or you can sell the share that you own when you move. The
maximum contribution from the Board is currently fixed at £150,000.
Documents about the Shared Ownership
Scheme are available.
Rental Scheme
Beneficiaries may apply to the
Board for rental accommodation from nine months prior to
retirement. The terms and conditions of the scheme,
including the type of property which would be acceptable, and some
useful questions and answers, are contained within the Retirement Housing Booklet.
If you are approaching retirement
age and are considering your future plans for your retirement home,
the Board's staff would be pleased to offer you some
guidance. You can download an Application Form and please return the
form, duly signed, to the Housing Department.
Supported Housing Schemes
With accommodation specifically
designed for the needs of elderly people, the Board provides
modern, purpose designed Supported Housing Schemes around the
country for its beneficiaries, built to the highest standards.
Accommodation is in the form of self contained flats within a
caring Christian community, which enables residents to live an
independent life, but still have the comfort, support and security
of having fully trained staff on hand if needed, together with the
companionship of others.
The Supported Housing Schemes are
(please click on links for more information):
We have produced a DVD that
brings to life what is on offer at the Board's seven Supported
Housing Schemes and Care Home (with Nursing): please click
here for details of the DVD.
Manormead Care Home (with Nursing)
For those beneficiaries who require
nursing care, the Board administers a Care Home with full
nursing which is able to accommodate 34 patients, mostly in their
own rooms, but with a number of shared rooms for married
couples. Please click here for up-to-date
details about Terms of Admission and Current Vacancies.
Please click here for further
information about Manormead Care
Home
The Nursing Home now
includes a Dementia Care Wing - please click here for Information and Terms and a link to the Dementia Care
Wing page.
If after reading the Housing
Booklet, you have any specific questions applicable to your own
circumstances, please telephone the office:
Documents available in connection with Retirement Housing
General
Shared Ownership
Rental Properties
Supported Housing Schemes
Manormead Care Home (with Nursing)
External
The Church of England Pensions
Board's Retirement Housing page offers links to external websites
for the convenience of its viewers. However, the Board is not
responsible for the content of external websites and the provision
of links does not imply endorsement.
For general information in respect
of care and housing advice for older people, you may wish to access
this link to: