Welcome
Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association is the largest almshouse charity in the UK, providing over 1,700 affordable homes, predominantly bungalows, across former mining communities in County Durham and the North-East.
These homes provide retirement housing for more than 2,000 residents. We also have sheltered accommodation and leasehold schemes for the elderly.
Latest News
Touching tribute
A DAMHA resident has paid a touching tribute to her late coal-mining father by getting her husband to make a life size pit tub out of wood which now sits proudly outside their home.
Read moreResident stories
There’s nobody more important than the people who live in our homes and through their stories we are able to give you an insight into what it’s like to be a DAMHA resident.
Read moreOur HistoryRollover the image to learn more
1990
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1890-00
The early days of the movement...More -
1910
DAMHA homes built in almost every Lodge area...More -
1920
DAMHA's most prolific era for home building...More -
1930
The after affects of the depression were still being felt...More -
1940
The Association survives the war...More -
1950
New building work carried out at Hunters Place...More -
1960-70
The 1960s and 1970s can be regarded as the lean years...More -
1980
In 1982 we became a Registered Housing Association...More -
1990
Programme to modernise over 1,200 homes completed...More -
2000+
A comprehensive asset management strategy formulated...More -
2010+
A new Chief Executive, Paul Mullis, was appointed... More >