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Inspired Villages appoints Nick Edwards as CEO

Inspired Villages has appointed Nick Edwards, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Edwards has a wealth of experience and deep understanding of the later living sector, as former Chief Operating…

15th December 2021

~ by James Cobb, Director, Inspired Villages Last week’s ground-breaking government move to stimulate the property industry – the stamp duty threshold has moved to £500,000 for all buyers completing…

16th July 2020

Stamp duty and senior living

Earlier this week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a range of measures to help support the economy, among them a stamp duty holiday. Property purchasers will now only pay the basic rate of stamp…

13th July 2020

Legal & General’s later living business, Inspired Villages, achieves 4th major planning win since lockdown, as it gets green light for £100m Tunbridge Wells scheme

27th March 2020

The Virtual Village Centre

2nd July 2019

Jim Buttress judges local gardening competition at Durrants Village

On Friday 28 June, renowned horticulturalist and head RHS judge Jim Buttress visited Durrants Village to give a talk on how to make the most of a small garden space and judge a residents’ gardening…

30th June 2019

23rd October 2018

Interview with Sandra Dodds of The Flower Studio

29th July 2015

Tattenhall residents make their mark on new retirement village

Tattenhall residents are putting their own stamp on a new retirement village after taking part in a competition to name the apartments that form part of the £50m scheme. Inspired Villages, which is…

8th April 2015

News & Press

Inspired Villages appoints Nick Edwards as CEO

Future phases of two new net-zero retirement communities approved

Inspired Villages welcomes ‘transformative’ stamp duty holiday for last-time buyers

Shared Ownership at Gifford Lea

Inspired Villages selects ARJ as construction partner for its next village in Albourne, Sussex

Inspired Villages overcomes Water Neutrality challenge to secure permission on Broadbridge Heath retirement community, West Sussex

Inspired Villages leads the IRC Sector with its ESG commitments, revealing plans to build 25 Net Zero developments

Inspired Villages exchange on new site in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire

Angie Harding joins Inspired Villages as Operations Director as it prepares to open its ninth village

First look around Inspired Villages net zero retirement community, Millfield Green ahead of first residents moving in

Annual Review Press Release

Inspired Villages successfully acquired a consented site in Edenbridge, Kent, as part of our ambitious expansion strategy

Inspired Villages appoint Thakeham to build net-zero apartments at state-of-the-art retirement village

Celebrating our best

Inspired Villages team member travels to Uganda to volunteer with education charity

New team appointed as Elderswell retirement village prepares to open first phase

New village manager appointed at Durrants retirement village

Eddie the Eagle visits Ledian Gardens to encourage pensioners to keep fit

Inspired Villages secures reserved matters planning permission for scheme in Horndean

TV legends host ‘Refreshers Week’ at Ledian Gardens to celebrate the new development

Gifford Lea welcomes guests and TV Legend Gloria Hunniford to celebrate the completion of Phase 3

TV Legend Gloria Hunniford to host 'Summer Celebration' at Gifford Lea

Inspired Villages runs Words of Wisdom campaign with poet Lemn Sissay OBE

New village manager appointed at Cheshire retirement village

Inspired Villages launches the friendship bus, combatting loneliness amongst the elderly

Inspired Villages secures planning permission for expansion of Kent village

Revealed: One quarter of young people rely on grandparents for emotional support

Inspired Villages chef interviewed by 'The Caterer'

Inspired Villages expands planning team to deliver ambitious growth plan

Grade II* listed Tudor gatehouse at Bramshott Place restored

Residents at Great Alne Park knit nearly 100 items for the labour ward at local hospital

MP Edward Timpson CBE cuts ribbon on latest milestone at state-of-the-art retirement village

Show apartment offers first glimpse of new Turvey retirement village

Inspired Villages ranked as 21st best large company to work for in the UK and best in the health and social care sector

Inspired Villages grows senior team with two new hires

Meet our apprentice chef… George Rolstone

Exeter retirement village residents raise nearly £7,000 for Devon charity Hospiscare

Inspired Villages receives seal of approval for Wealden District retirement community scheme

Exeter retirement village residents knit 66 trauma teddies for local emergency services

Meet our chef… David Galvin

Social care white paper emphasises importance of integrated retirement communities

Inspired research shows the 1980s is the best decade for Christmas – and tinsel is back too!

Inspired Villages scheme triumphs at the Housebuilder Awards 2021

First female president of law society returns to university in Exeter

BBC expert unearths treasures at antiques event in Tattenhall

Inspired comments on new ARCO report: Putting the ‘care’ in Housing-with-Care

Inspired Villages resident shares World War II story of heroic daring by his father

Inspired Villages supports new Willmott Dixon traineeship for NEET teens in Bedfordshire

Exeter retiree cycles 106 miles to raise money for local primary school

Inspired Villages named ‘Seniors Housing Operator of the Year’ at sector awards ceremony

Retirees take part in skydive and hot air balloon ride as Inspired Villages makes wishes come true

Residents raise thousands for St Catherine’s Hospice

Inspired Villages acquires site for its second net-zero retirement community in Hampshire

The future of grandparents: from grandparents to grandpeers – a new report by Inspired Villages

Inspired roundtable on the importance of intergenerational living

Former employees of Maudslay Motor Company invited to celebrate resident history project

Inspired Villages partners with nutritionist Jenna Hope for National Fitness Day 2021

Inspired Villages’ shares a new seated exercise workout for National Fitness Day

Inspired Villages hosts the Inspired Games with a special appearance from a sporting legend

Inspired Villages secures investment from Legal & General and NatWest Pension Trustee Limited to deliver thousands of new net-zero carbon homes

Millbrook Village resident proves she isn’t retired, she’s inspired by skydiving for charity

Construction begins on first phase of Hampshire retirement village

Inspired Villages Gets the Green Light for Its Sonning Common Community

Inspired Villages scoops win at 2021 Planning Awards for pipeline retirement village at former Legal & General HQ

Warwickshire retirement village launches ‘summer of culture’ with exciting line-up of outdoor events

Inspired Villages named 66th best large UK employer

Inspired CEO, Jamie Bunce Comments on new Report from the International Longevity Centre UK

We’re in… 7 Best Companies shortlists!

Phase 2 of state-of-the-art retirement village complete

How Covid-19 is shaping the way Inspired Villages designs retirement communities

Legal & General brings forward UK’s first net-zero carbon retirement community* through Inspired Villages

Introducing Warwickshire’s fully vaccinated villages

Ledian Gardens construction team praised for their “exceptional” safety measures

Millbrook residents celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day

Introducing Cheshire’s first vaccinated village

Inspired Villages launches part-exchange ‘Home Purchasing Service’

New telephone service creates lifeline for lonely older people in Kent

Inspired Villages appoints Sonia Parol as design director to drive innovation, sustainability and resident wellbeing

Inspired Villages appoints Sharon Badelek as CFO and makes strategic additions to its main board