Local Information
Poland Trust
Poland Trust provides affordable housing and grants to local people. Further information is available from warden@thepolandtrust.co.uk
The Poland Trust is a registered charity and a member of the Almshouse Association. The primary aim of the charity is to help people with a connection to Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland or Leigh who are in need, hardship or distress. In addition to Poland House in Kiln Lane and the nearby Poland Woods, the Trust has a fund to help individuals and organisations in the community.
Sidney Poland was a very generous benefactor to Brockham, and endowed a charitable trust which has built 9 independent units of accommodation for the elderly, on the site of his former residence in Kiln Lane, Brockham. Two further units and Antony West House have been added in conjunction with the Betchworth United Charities, and all these units are available to qualifying residents of the parishes of Brockham, Betchworth, Leigh and Buckland. Poland Trust recently built a new housing estate at Poland Meadows: Case Study: Poland Trust | The Almshouse Association.