History
History
How it began
Lyme Green Settlement commenced during the later years of the Second World War. The Joint Committee of the British Red Cross
and the Order of St John in Cheshire believed that there would be a need for specialised accommodation for a group of War Pensioners suffering from spinal injuries as a result of which they were confined to wheelchairs (paraplegia).
Lyme Green Hall and the adjoining land were purchased, with the aid of a grant from the
Joint Committee of the British Red Cross and the
Order of St John in London.
As well as converting the Hall into accommodation
for single War Pensioners, work was commenced on
the construction of 29 two and three-bedroom
bungalows in the grounds of the Hall.
We are now a free-standing charity which relies for its funding from residential rents and some on site commercial rents from the converted Workshops and a Nursery.
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Lyme Green Settlement is governed by Trust
Deed, the original dated 12 June 1946 and
the most recent, registered with the Charity
Commission dated 15th September 1997. In 2014, the charity became a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation).
The objective of our charity is to help provide
accommodation for persons suffering from
paraplegia and or severe mobility with a
preference given to those who have been
employed in the Armed Forces of the Crown.