Berea Gardens Retirement Centre

At Berea Gardens, we support SASSA pensioners who survive on just R2180/month. These unsung heroes have contributed so much to our society and continue to do so despite financial hardships. We’re dedicated to helping them not only survive, but to thrive.

Consider Mrs. Marigold: after losing her family, she was left destitute. Thanks to our community, she found hope and an affordable home with us. Many, like her, struggle with rising costs and limited savings.

It was the vision of our Founder, Richard Mogg, to provide affordable housing, nutritious meals, and enriching activities for needy pensioners. But we need your help to continue this vital work.

That’s why we’ve launched our ‘Donate by Debit’ campaign. With PayFast, it couldn’t be easier to make a meaningful difference. Even a small donation can transform lives.

Founded in 1974, Berea Gardens Retirement Foundation has established itself as one of the premier providers of retirement accommodation and services in South Africa.

Situated in the heart of East London on the Sunshine Coast, Berea Gardens is a Non-profit company providing high quality economic and sub-economic accommodation and services to its residents and members of its Service Centre.

Accommodation is offered both on a rental basis and on a unique life-right endowment scheme. Sub-economic accommodation is available on a rental basis only in our Berea Gardens Residence and is limited to residents of Buffalo City.

The Foundation has assisted-living and frail care facilities at its Lily Kirchmann Complex in the heart of the main campus in Berea. Limited assisted-living facilities are also available at the Stirling Lodge Complex. Residents of the Foundation’s complexes have priority admission into its assisted-living and frail care facilities.

The Service Centre has been called “the heart” of Berea Gardens and provides a wide variety of services, hobbies, activities and outreach opportunities to its members.

The Foundation is self-funding aside from a limited government subsidy to the Service Centre. Many retirees are outliving their retirement funds and the “creeping poverty” associated with this, together with inflation and the high cost of medical care, are major challenges facing the Foundation. The provision of more subsidised accommodation will become imperative in the future, but the reality is that it will not happen without significant donor funding.

The Berea Gardens mission statement is “to care for retired, senior and aged persons by the provision of accommodation, assisted living, medical services, health care, frail care, recreational facilities and other services”.

Browse through our website to see what we are providing for those in our care……..