Residents usually have connections with Fareham, or relations in the area they wish to be in reach of. The Housekeeper serves a midday and evening meal. Each house has a shared dining room, lounge, laundry room, garden and a guest room. The guest room is available for friends to stay - and for trial stays for people who are considering the step of a move to an Abbeyfield house. Most residents furnish their bed-sitting rooms with their own furniture.
Rooms have small cooking facilities for tea and snacks.
But essentially we operate in a non-profit manner. We do occasionally receive donations. We do occasionally receive grants. Management Abbeyfield Societies across the UK depend on volunteers - 12,500 of them. Here in Fareham we too depend on volunteers from the local community.