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Working at the heart of homelessness

Anchor House aims to help homeless residents develop aspirations, confidence and self-esteem to enable them to move towards leading independent, self-fulfilling lives.

We achieve this through providing accommodation in a stable and welcoming environment and through a cross-section of activities carried out using our in-house developed Aspirations Programme, designed and implemented in 2005 in conjunction with residents.

Historically a hostel for seafarers visiting the ports of East London, Anchor House today is a charity based in Canning Town that provides support to over 200 homeless and workless people each year to help them move on to employment and independent living.

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2009 Charitytimes Award Winners!

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

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!

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Hope & Home

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

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.

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London Tonight – How Anchor House works at the heart of homelessness

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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.

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