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

Leading retirement communities developer and operator Inspired Villages welcomes yesterday’s announcement of a stamp duty holiday for all home buyers on properties of up to £500,000 in value. The…

24th June 2024

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

To celebrate National Fitness Day, Eddie the Eagle (Michael Edwards), the former UK Olympic ski jumper, shared his workout wisdom with pensioners at Inspired Villages to inspire the older generation…

22nd September 2022

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

Ledian Gardens, a brand-new retirement village in Kent, held a jam packed ‘Refreshers Week’ from Tuesday 2nd – Thursday 4th August, with a whole host of special celebrity guests. Operated by later…

12th August 2022

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

Kier Construction have received a fantastic Considerate Constructors Scheme score of 42/50 at their last audit for their work on Ledian Gardens, Inspired’s seventh village in Kent. The report said…

19th February 2021

New telephone service creates lifeline for lonely older people in Kent

Inspired Friendships, the befriending service created by later living provider Inspired Villages, has launched ‘Calls of Friendship’ – a telephone service to help combat lockdown loneliness amongst…

8th January 2021

How Inspired Villages is taking care of its residents and some thank yous

As the outbreak of coronavirus continues to escalate we want to keep you updated on what we’re doing as a company to help keep the residents in our villages safe in these unprecedented times, as well…

27th March 2020

The Virtual Village Centre

As an organisation, creating communities is the core of what we do. Inspired Villages is keen to make sure self-isolation doesn’t mean the residents in our villages and their families, plus you and…

20th March 2020

First photos of our Kent later living community, Ledian Gardens

Kier has begun construction on our brand new, state-of-the-art later living community, near Maidstone, Kent. Ledian Gardens will offer 116 one-and two-bedroom homes for over 65s, with a village…

12th March 2020

Construction begins on first phase of a Kent later living community

Kier has begun construction on a state-of-the-art later living community, in Leeds, near Maidstone, Kent, for Inspired Villages, a leading operator and developer of retirement villages established by…

3rd February 2020

Sittingbourne resident takes part in Inspired 1,000 mile cycle challenge to raise funds for MIND

A keen cyclist and resident of Sittingbourne, Stephen Butt, has taken part in a gruelling 1,000 mile cycle challenge to help raise funds for the mental health charity, MIND. The 64 year old, who is a…

3rd June 2019

Jane Shotliff community liaison manager at Inspired Villages

Inspired Villages appoints Community Liaison Manager for new retirement village in Kent

Inspired Villages has appointed former journalist and PR consultant Jane Shotliff as its Community Liaison Manager for its forthcoming retirement development in Leeds, Kent. The role has been newly…

11th December 2018