Anchor House is a hostel and life skills centre for homeless adults. Our aim is to give homeless and vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a caring, stable and supportive environment to enable greater independence.
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London Tonight – How Anchor House works at the heart of homelessness
A Japanese Documentary on Innovative ways of dealing with homelesness
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2009 Charitytimes Award Winners!
The team celebrated last night at the Lancaster Hotel in London after winning the 2009 Charitytimes Award for Best Use of Technology in the third sector.
Director Keith Fernett commented that this marked the culmination of 3 years worth of hard work and was a significant moment for Anchor House, punching well above its weight in a very competitive list of UK finalists!
Hope & Home
The Residents of Anchor House in conjunction with APE Media collabrated to produce this video about how their home has given them hope in life. This production was runners-up for the Micheal Whippman prize for use of technology, an award that Anchor House has won the previous two years. It has also been shortlisted for the Third Sector Award for The Best use of Technology in the Third sector.
London Tonight – How Anchor House works at the heart of homelessness
The London Tonight programme looks at some of the serious issues surrounding Homelessness through a few short interviews with some of Anchor House’s residents and its Director.
In Focus
Is there such a thing as a Homeless Charity?
The role of relationships!
A few months ago I dwelt upon the challenges facing my organisation, Anchor House, in the light of Pope Benedict’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate: we had decided to go back to basics and, by respecting the sanctity of every individual, we are now coming to terms with our new reality.
What does our [...]
Keith Fernett
Director of Anchor house
Keith Fernett
Keith was appointed as Director of Anchor House in late 2004 when we were facing a turning point in our history. His performance management and change agent skills have taken the organisation through a period of exciting change.
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