A genuinely good local investment

Fantastic local support has meant ReST achieved our initial funding target and gained approval from the government community support scheme. However, we have yet to find a suitable house to rent that would allow us to welcome a family in need. 

We’re also very aware that many people in our own village and across the UK are struggling to find a home in these challenging times. With this in mind, we are exploring an investment opportunity that would allow us to buy a house in Blewbury.

For the initial years this would house a refugee family, but thereafter it could be offered at an affordable rent to any local family in need.

A modern-day almshouse, funded by the local community. 

If you are you looking for a genuinely good investment opportunity that will also help a local family in need then submit your email below to find

How the Blewbury ReST almshouse loan model works

The loan model is straightforward. Blewbury ReST will become a registered charity enabling us to accept loans and donations from people, and use those funds to make an extraordinary difference for vulnerable people by buying a house as a place that they can call home.

After just 18 months, Homes with Purpose, another charity in Barton, Oxford, found 76 lenders plus donors had provided £1.5m to buy four houses to be used for refugee families and people who would otherwise be homeless.

Lenders commit to £5,000 for 5 years, and select no interest, or an interest rate of 1%, 2% or 3%. Most lenders were attracted by the prospect of a modest financial return alongside a social return. In Blewbury we are smaller, and are hoping to raise £500,000.

After five years, we would ideally like to renew the loans and keep the house, but if we can’t, then we would sell the house, and use the sale proceeds to repay the loans, or as much of them as we can.

If this sounds of interest please consider making a pledge today. This is not a binding agreement, but enables us to track progress toward our target.

Or to understand the process in more detail see the steps below or our FAQs.

  • Our Lending Pack will have all the information you need to make an informed decision.

    To request one, please ask a member of the Blewbury ReST. In the meantime, please see the Frequently Asked Questions. As you think about making a loan, we’re always on hand to answer your questions. Make sure you get the financial, tax and/or legal advice that you need (we’re not able to provide you with this advice). here

  • After reading through the pack, if you would like to proceed we'll provide you with Loan Agreement Specific Terms. We will confirm when we’ve received your form.

  • Before we can accept your loan, we may need to carry out identity checks in line with anti-money laundering best practice (or our solicitors may need to during a house purchase process). We will get in touch with you when we’re ready to do this.

  • If your loan is accepted by us and we’ve confirmed all the paperwork is in order we will send you our bank details so you can transfer the funds.

    We will notify you when we have received the relevant funds and the terms of the loan will start from the date we have received those funds, subject to the Terms and Conditions in the Lending Pack.

  • We will pay your interest on a six-monthly basis in arrears.

  • We will contact you between six months and one year before your loan term is due to end to ask if you would like to renew the loan or would like the loan repaid.

Want to know more? Refer to our FAQs.

Nothing on this website constitutes legal, financial or tax advice. You should seek your own legal, financial and tax advice before entering into any loan agreement.

No investment is risk free, and you may get back less than you put in.