The Guinness Partnership
mutual provider of housing and care services in the United Kingdom
The Guinness Partnership is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in England. Founded as a charitable trust in 1890, it is now a Community Benefit Society with eight members.
As of 2024, the Guinness Partnership owns and manages around 68,000 homes, and provides services to more than 140,000 people.
History
The Guinness Trust was founded in 1890 by the then Edward Cecil Guinness, a great-grandson of the founder of the Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in London and Dublin. Edward Cecil Guinness was created the 1st Baron Iveagh in 1891, the 1st Viscount Iveagh in 1905, and the 1st Earl of Iveagh in 1919. Lord Iveagh, as he became, donated £200,000 to set up the Guinness Trust in London, the equivalent of £25 million in today's money.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Iveagh Trust based in Dublin took responsibility for Ireland. The Guinness Trust extended its objectives outside London in 1962, eventually operating in all parts of England. It was not related to the brewery company. The history of its first century was published by Peter Malpass in 1998.
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