Abbeyfield

{{Short description|Social care organisation in the United Kingdom}}

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| formation = {{start date|1956|df=y}}

| founder = Richard Carr-Gomm

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| status = Charity

| purpose = Provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people

| headquarters = Solihull, West Midlands

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| region = United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium and Jersey{{cite web | title=How Abbeyfield is structured | website=Abbeyfield | date=14 January 2019 | url=https://www.abbeyfield.com/about-us/how-abbeyfield-is-structured/ | access-date=25 January 2025}}

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| key_people = Richard Carr-Gomm
Nicholas Winton

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Abbeyfield, formally The Abbeyfield Society, is an English housing charity operating in the United Kingdom. It provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people. Its priority is to alleviate loneliness in older people.{{cite book | last1=Hemmens | first1=George | last2=Hoch | first2=Charles | last3=Carp | first3=Jana | title=Under One Roof: Issues and Innovations in Shared Housing | publisher=State University of New York Press | series=SUNY series in Urban Public Policy | year=1996 | isbn=978-1-4384-0642-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jcdZNyP-6YwC&pg=PA103 | access-date=9 March 2025 | page=103}}{{cite book | title=Loneliness--a New Study | publisher=Bedford Square P. | year=1972 | isbn=978-0-7199-0848-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYggAQAAMAAJ | access-date=9 March 2025 | page=}}

Based in Solihull, West Midlands, it is a registered charity under English law{{EW charity|200719|The Abbeyfield Society}} and a registered housing association.Housing Corporation No. H1046

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).{{cite news | title=Richard Carr-Gomm: Army officer who left to dedicate his life to the elderly | work=The Independent | date=3 November 2008 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-carrgomm-army-officer-who-left-to-dedicate-his-life-to-the-elderly-986867.html | access-date=9 March 2025}}

The Abbeyfield Society directly owns and manages around 100 houses and 15 care homes.{{cn|date=April 2020}} It is a member of Abbeyfield England whose membership together runs a further 200 Abbeyfield Society Houses and over 40 care homes across the UK.{{cite web | title=About Abbeyfield England | website=Abbeyfield England | date=14 January 2019 | url=https://www.abbeyfield.com/about-us/ | access-date=9 March 2025}} Some Abbeyfield properties provide housing, meals and companionship only, whilst others provide an element of care.{{cite book | last=Peace | first=Sheila | title=The Environments of Ageing: Space, Place and Materiality | publisher=Policy Press | series=Ageing in a Global Context | year=2023 | isbn=978-1-4473-1056-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsXJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162 | access-date=9 March 2025 | page=162}} The organisation also has houses in other countries including Jersey, New Zealand, Belgium, Canada, Australia and South Africa.

A blue plaque in Gomm Road, Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, commemorates Richard Carr-Gomm and the Abbeyfield Society.[http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/heritageandhistory/BluePlaquesSection/carrgommblueplaque.html London Borough of Southwark] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820023254/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/heritageandhistory/BluePlaquesSection/carrgommblueplaque.html |date=2009-08-20 }}

Humanitarian Nicholas Winton was awarded the MBE for his role with Abbeyfield.{{cite web | title=Obituary: Nicholas Winton | website=BBC News | date=1 July 2015 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12402158 | access-date=9 March 2025}}