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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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