What we require of applicants

The Robert Thompson Charities is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation that provides housing for people in need in accordance with the charity's governing document of 2021. This stipulates that potential residents:

• will have already lived in the district of Folkestone or Hythe for not less than 10 years preceding the application for residence; and
• unable to maintain themselves by their own exertions by reason of age, ill health, accident or infirmity. 

 
Among those who meet these tests preference has to be given to persons born in Saltwood parish and to those who have fallen on hard times. Where no candidate for a vacancy meets both tests the trustees may conclude that it is the best interests of the charity to appoint someone who is deserving rather than leave the property empty.

Please download and read the 'Resident's Handbook' prior to making an application CLICK HERE.