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Guinness Trust

The Guinness Trust is the oldest member of the Guinness Partnership, a group of housing association

Housing association

Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent Non-profit organization bodies that provide low-cost social housing for people in housing need....
s. It is a UK

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providing affordable housing

Affordable housing

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The Guinness Trust was founded in 1890 by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh

Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh

Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Order of St Patrick, GCVO, Royal Society was an Ireland philanthropist and businessman....
, great grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in London

London

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and Dublin

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At the beginning of the 20th century, the Iveagh Trust

Iveagh Trust

The Iveagh Trust is a provider of affordable housing in and around Dublin, Ireland . It was initially a component of the Guinness Trust, founded in 1890 by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, great-grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in Dublin and London....
based in Dublin took responsibility for Ireland

Ireland

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. The Guinness Trust extended its objectives outside London in 1962 and today operates in all parts of England

England

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The Guinness Trust is the oldest member of the Guinness Partnership, a group of housing association

Housing association

Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent Non-profit organization bodies that provide low-cost social housing for people in housing need....
s. It is a UK

United Kingdom

Charitable organization

Affordable housing

Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh

London

Dublin

Iveagh Trust

Ireland

England

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. It is not related to the brewery company. The history of its first century was published by Peter Malpass in 1998.

The President of the Trust is Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro and the Chairman is Peter Barton, Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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and former High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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of Greater London

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Guinness Partnership

The Guinness Trust Group is now known as the Guinness Partnership. In total, the group owns over 50,000 homes. Its patron is HRH The Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales

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Members

Alongside the Guinness Trust, the other members of the Partnership are:

Name	Established	Activity	Size
	1998	Housing management in the west of England. Initially named Parchment Housing Group, it was amalgamated with other Partnership members and renamed in 2007
		Housing with support services in Hampshire	3,800 homes
	1997	Care and support services in Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
		Nursing Nursing home A nursing home, skilled nursing facility , or skilled nursing unit , also known as a rest home, is a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living.... & residential homes & flats on Hayling Island Hayling Island Hayling Island is an island off the south coast of England, in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire. It is twinned with Gorron, Mayenne, France....
Portsmouth Friendship Centre	2007	Project for diverse communities in Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
	1985	Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Milton Keynes , often abbreviated to MK, is a large town in South East England, about north-west of London. It is also the principal town of the Milton Keynes , within the ceremonial counties of England of Buckinghamshire.... and the Midlands	4,200 homes
	1966	North of England, especially Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853.... , South Yorkshire South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population.... and North Derbyshire Derbyshire Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains.... . Founded as Northern Counties Housing Association	Over 20,000 homes
Guinness Housing Association		Bath, Somerset, Bristol Bristol Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff.... , Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.... and Wiltshire Wiltshire *Wiltshire* is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
		General and special needs Special needs Special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological.... in Wiltshire, Bath and Mendip Mendip Mendip is a Non-metropolitan district of Somerset in England. It covers an area of land ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels....	Owns 440 homes, manages 1,200
Wycombe Friendship Housing Association		Saunderton Saunderton Saunderton is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in a valley of the Chiltern Hills, about three and a half miles north west of High Wycombe, four miles south of Princes Risborough.... , Downley Downley Downley is a village and civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is high in the Chiltern Hills, overlooking the town of High Wycombe.... and Central Wycombe Wycombe Wycombe is a Non-metropolitan district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is administered by Wycombe District Council in the town of High Wycombe....
Guinness Developments Ltd	2004	House-building company
Guinness Care and Support Ltd	2005	Services for residents with support needs

History of the Partnership

The Parchment Housing Group was created in 1997, as the parent company of Hermitage Housing Association, Hermitage Care and Gorseway Care.

In 1992 the Guinness Trust Group acquired the Parchment Group. The combined group is now known as The Guinness Partnership.

Northern Counties Housing Association joined the Partnership in 2008.