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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Art Classes at Anchor House
Once a week Art Classes are held at Anchor House, by volunteer teacher Sue Hooper and our Operations Manager Austin Makota. The Art Classes are part of our approach to getting people on the right track, and this is an unique opportunity for the residents and members of the community to explore their feelings and emotions and illustrate [...]
Anchor House Residents’ sing the praises for Abbotswick Retreat!
The recent visit to Abbotswick Spiritual Retreat proved to be a great success and some of the tributes from the residents participating in the retreat when they got back to Anchor House proved to be extremely moving.
A large proportion of the work carried out at Anchor House is by necessity very practical focusing on accommodation [...]
Anchor House Resident makes big impact volunteering
Delis is a dedicated volunteer, having become involved in each of the communities that he has lived in the past. In some of these projects he has been able to help younger people stay on the straight and narrow. He thinks that ‘there is always someone who needs your help…no matter where you are in your own life’.
When [...]
Anchor House Director is shortlisted for Charity Times Award 2010
Keith Fernett, Director of Anchor House has been shortlisted to win a Charity Times Award 2010 in the Charity Principal of the Year category. Charity Principal of the Year is awarded to an executive head of an organisation who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and management skills in the running of a charity.
The Charity Times Awards are designed to [...]
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I concur wholeheartedly with the Newham Chief Executive’s letter in the Local Government Chronicle that highlights the fact that the Office for National Statistics has underestimated the population of Newham by at least 20,000 and that it continues to have the highest rate of population decline in the country , this is simply an incredible [...]
Keith Fernett
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Britain's rough sleepers deserve a st...
This week, somebody broke into Linda Carty's replica death row cell in London, showing just how desp...more
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Athletes' Village to feature new gree...
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Homeless people give an alternative g...
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London Homeless Benefit from New Coun...
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Homeless World Cup: England campaign ...
The England team for the Homeless World Cup has raised enough money to get to September's competitio...more
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Supporting People cuts to hit more th...
More than 400,000 vulnerable people could lose vital support under projected cuts to the Supporting ...more
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KARREN BRADY ON TRACK WITH WEST HAM'S...
KARREN BRADY says West Ham s proposal to move into the Olympic Stadium is the most logical solution ...more
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West Ham's plans to move into the Olympic Stadium have been given the full support of the mayor of N...more
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Homeless World Cup: England may miss out
England's Homeless World Cup team has cut its budget by two-thirds, but unless it can raise more mon...more
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Boris the builder: The Mayor's vision...
The London Housing Design Guide, published this week by Boris Johnson, takes us back to the Sixties ...more



