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Sir Anthony Hopkins, noted British Actor and later known as Hannibal the Cannibal, broadcast an appeal for Abbeyfield on the BBC in England. His text was as follows:

“About a year ago, I was asked to open a residential care home for elderly people. It was in Caerleon, Gwent, where I used to live. Frankly, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Would there be half dozing people sitting around the edge of the room? Would it be quiet? Still; depressing?
My mother, now in her 80s, came with me. Together we walked into a splendid house overlooking the river Usk. As soon as we entered, the image I formed disappeared.
It’s difficult to explain what I felt, but there was a feeling of ‘family’ - not at all institutional and I vividly remember a sprightly 99 year old woman who presented my mother with a bouquet of flowers.
This was home in every sense of the word. It was lively - even chaotic at times. The residents’ rooms were furnished how they wanted. There was a choice of activities to join - or indeed not to join.
What I experienced in those two hours with Abbeyfield is typical of the independence, companionship, and happiness enjoyed by over 8,000 people in over 800 Abbeyfield Houses all over the United Kingdom.
The happy hours my mother and I spent with residents and volunteers convinced me that Abbeyfield is getting it right - responding to the changing needs of older people. But the inquiries Abbeyfield receives every week is a constant reminder that more houses are desperately needed. Please make a donation.”

The Abbeyfield BBC Radio Appeal by Anthony Hopkins

You can send your  tax deductable contributions in several ways. Abbeyfield Houses Society of Canada appreciates each and every donation received.

The quickest way to donate is by clicking on the CanadaHelps button and using your credit card. CanadaHelps will forward your donation to us and send you a receipt. Please consider making this a repeating donation.

You may also mail a check directly to:

Abbeyfield Houses Society of Canada

427 Bloor Street West, Box 1
Toronto, ON M5S 1X7

ABC is a provincially and federally registered non-profit Society, affiliated to Abbeyfield Houses Society of Canada, which includes the ABC Chapter and all Abbeyfield Societies operating in British Columbia.

An ABC Trust Fund has been established with the Vancouver Foundation for all gifts, bequests and donations. These are directed to be retained in perpetuity for permanent and secure trusteeship.

The Three Main Objectives of the ABC Trust Fund are:

1. To attract gift capital, bequests and donations etc.

2. To generate income for disbursement through grants for the benefit of Abbeyfield Societies, present and future, in British Columbia.

3. To uphold the Guiding Principles of Abbeyfield.

Endowment funds:

Additionally, two Endowment Funds are available to donors to Abbeyfield:

ABBEYFIELD BRITISH COLUMBIA (ABC) TRUST SOCIETY

Suite 1200 - 555 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6V 4N6

Cheques and gifts should be directed to:
Vancouver Foundation/ABC Trust Fund

ABBEYFIELD CANADA ENDOWMENT FUND

Toronto Community Foundation
Suite 1603 - 33 Bloor St East
Toronto, ON M4W 3H1

Cheques should be made payable to "Toronto Community Foundation" and in the
memo space write "Abbeyfield Canada Endowment Fund"

A member fund with the Toronto Community Foundation with capital assets of over $127 million and 239 funds of which Abbeyfield Canada Endowment Fund is one.

The Three Main Objectives are:

1. To attract gift capital, bequests, donations etc. All gifts given in perpetuity.

2. To create a growing source of annual income for the purpose of helping to assure both the present and future of Abbeyfield in Canada.

3. To uphold the Guiding Principles of Abbeyfield.