About www.3ha.org.uk
3rdAge Hostelling and Housing's walkers/cyclists' spa-hostels/community hubs with therapy room:
We are a start-up social enterprise/charity with semi-derelict properties in Stretford's future 'Civic Quarter' in Greater Manchester and in the centre of Llanfairfechan in Conwy, North Wales. Our initial aim is to provide holiday accommodation with therapy room/community hubs for
walkers and cyclists of all ages, to encourage older people to keep fit and to feel less isolated, and to subsidise therapies to older members of the community on limited incomes: Think of us as the poor man's Spa, offering massage for aching bones at the end of a day's rambling. www,3ha.org.uk also hopes to help older, property-rich but cash-poor, owner-occupiers of suitable houses to sell their homes to a housing co-operative of which they will be a member. Properties appropriate for conversion could provide a self-contained ground floor flat for the former owner-occupier, whilst freeing-up unoccupied bedrooms in order to create self-contained accommodation for younger members of the co-operative. At the moment property-rich but cash-strapped 'golden-oldies' have few options which would enable them to age-in-place i.e. the option to take an equity-release payment to provide needed living expenses or to down-size and relocate. Equity-release may not be suitable and relocating may not be desirable, plus the number of bungalows available is limited. We also hope to accommodate older people during the conversion of their homes to co-operative housing: Housing Co-operatives are another option with social benefits. Should the property be too expensive for the co-operative to purchase 100% the original owner-occupier could retain some equity, and this could be purchased by the co-operative at a later date. We are still working on the fine details but if you would like to get involved please give us a 'Like' and get in touch. Our future '3rdAge Hostelling Association' needs Board Members and would welcome any and all advice, particularly in the fields of accountancy and legal. We own semi-derelict properties in Stretford's future 'Civic Quarter' and in the centre of Llanfairfechan's High Street. All are in need of energy-efficient renovations and we would welcome expressions of interest/investment, particularly from those AWOC (ageing without children) who are invited to get involved with an interesting project with the possibility of long-term accommodation on site or nearby.
