About Abbeyfield Wessex Society

Find out all you need to know about us as a Society and our homes based in Dorset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset.

Welcoming residents into our community

Abbeyfield Wessex Society are a member society of Abbeyfield England, a national charity providing houses and homes to older people throughout the UK. Together we are one big family. We run twelve independent living houses throughout Dorset, Hampshire Gloucestershire and Somerset. We welcome residents over the age of fifty five to live with us. Our houses have between eight and twenty five rooms meaning you can choose to live in a smaller house or join a larger community in some of our bigger properties.

Although each house is different they all offer the same high standard of safety, security and service. 

As a society we aim to run all of our homes to a high standard offering tranquil, positive, communal environments for residents to enjoy retirement and later life. We encourage all residents to remain as independent as possible and live life to the full.

 

 

We have heritage at our heart

At Abbeyfield we've been alleviating loneliness for over 60 years.


1955

The first Abbeyfield house opens in Bermondsey.

1963

Abbeyfield Wimborne & District was formed.

2004

Abbeyfield Wessex Society was established.

2009

Our largest house, Westbourne House, opens.

2023

We continue to enrich the lives of older people throughout Wessex.

2024

We have Expanded! AWS now have 12 Houses!

Meet the team

The people behind Abbeyfield Wessex Society

Vanessa Booker-Card

CEO

Hatty Cantrill

Head of operations

Laura Poulton

Support Services Manager

Debbie Bartlett

Finance Manager

Fiona Courage

Accounts Assistant

Katrina Tattersall

Finance and Tenancy Officer

Ellie Bale

Administrator

Caroline Slater

Administrator