Talbot Village Trust awards £100,000 to Bournemouth War Memorial Homes
Posted on: 06/11/2017

Grant giving charity, Talbot Village Trust (TVT), has awarded £100,000 to Bournemouth War Memorial Homes (BWMH) towards the construction of five two-bedroom bungalows suitable for disabled veterans.
Bournemouth War Memorial Homes provides high quality one, two and three bedroom homes to ex-service veterans in need. The homes, which are situated facing onto Castle Lane West as well as on the south side of Jewell Road in Bournemouth, are funded entirely by donations as well as by rental income generated from the properties which is offered at a discounted rate. The charity is overseen by a board of trustees who carry out work voluntarily to run and maintain the properties.
Air Commodore Ricardo Cobelli OBE RAF (retd), Chairman of The Bournemouth War Memorial Homes, said: “On behalf of our trustees and residents we would like to thank Talbot Village Trust for its continued and generous support of service veterans in need. Our trustees identified an area within our existing site where it was possible to build five two-bedroom bungalows suitable for disabled veterans, and we were able to complete the build rapidly and to a high standard due to the extremely generous grant from TVT.
“All of these properties will be occupied by service veterans already on our homes waiting list, and the support from this grant really has helped us to make a substantial difference to the quality of the help we were able to offer.
“Talbot Village Trust has been a longstanding supporter of BWMH, and over the years this support has enabled us to make remarkable improvements to the homes.”
Russell Lucas-Rowe, Trustee of Talbot Village Trust, added: ‘‘On behalf of all of our trustees, it is a real pleasure to have had the opportunity to support the BWMH charity on its project to build these new bungalows suitable for disabled veterans and their families. BWMH provides homes and a safe haven to many veterans from the Second World War, but also to ex-service personnel of all ages in need.”
Talbot Village Trust meets biannually, and will be accepting applications for funding from both previous and new applicants in the area before the Trustees meet in spring next year. Please go to www.talbotvillagetrust.org for more information.
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