History
In 1957 a group of Budleigh Salterton residents purchased a former guest house at 31 Station Road, converted into a residential home dedicated to “the peace and comforting of old friends” and called it ‘Shandford’. After a few years it became a registered Care Home for older people of limited financial means.
The Home was originally managed by the Budleigh Salterton and District Old Peoples Housing Society Limited which changed its name to Shandford Residential Care Home Limited in 2000. It operated as a non-profit-making Society with Charitable Objects to provide care for older people in Budleigh Salterton and the surrounding villages.
For more than fifty years Shandford was managed by a Committee consisting of local volunteers who employed staff to provide professional care and support for the residents.
A House Committee of local volunteers carried out shopping for the residents, arranged outings, activities and entertainment, and held several fund-raising events every year.
In 2011 the Management Committee faced serious difficulty in finding new volunteers to take on the responsibilities of running the Home and meeting the increasing financial and regulatory challenges. They decided that the time had come to find an established professional care provider to succeed them and to secure the future of the Home.
The Home was marketed by professional agents. The Abbeyfield Society, a long-standing charity specialising in sheltered housing for older people, expressed an interest. Detailed negotiations took place over several months and in March 2012 the transfer of Shandford to The Abbeyfield Society took place.
The transfer included binding obligations on Abbeyfield that the Home would continue to be used as a residential home for as long as possible and for at least five years. Thankfully, the Directors ensured that the transfer also provided that, if Abbeyfield subsequently decided to sell the Home, the proceeds of sale together with any remaining legacy funds would return to the people of Budleigh Salterton and surrounding villages to be used for Shandford`s general charitable purposes. Thus the Home's value and heritage would be preserved for those local people for whom the Home was originally intended.
The Home was originally managed by the Budleigh Salterton and District Old Peoples Housing Society Limited which changed its name to Shandford Residential Care Home Limited in 2000. It operated as a non-profit-making Society with Charitable Objects to provide care for older people in Budleigh Salterton and the surrounding villages.
For more than fifty years Shandford was managed by a Committee consisting of local volunteers who employed staff to provide professional care and support for the residents.
A House Committee of local volunteers carried out shopping for the residents, arranged outings, activities and entertainment, and held several fund-raising events every year.
In 2011 the Management Committee faced serious difficulty in finding new volunteers to take on the responsibilities of running the Home and meeting the increasing financial and regulatory challenges. They decided that the time had come to find an established professional care provider to succeed them and to secure the future of the Home.
The Home was marketed by professional agents. The Abbeyfield Society, a long-standing charity specialising in sheltered housing for older people, expressed an interest. Detailed negotiations took place over several months and in March 2012 the transfer of Shandford to The Abbeyfield Society took place.
The transfer included binding obligations on Abbeyfield that the Home would continue to be used as a residential home for as long as possible and for at least five years. Thankfully, the Directors ensured that the transfer also provided that, if Abbeyfield subsequently decided to sell the Home, the proceeds of sale together with any remaining legacy funds would return to the people of Budleigh Salterton and surrounding villages to be used for Shandford`s general charitable purposes. Thus the Home's value and heritage would be preserved for those local people for whom the Home was originally intended.
