A housing association in Stoke-on-Trent, Brighter Futures, has declined Newham Council’s request to take on 500 families in immediate need of housing citing fears of “social cleansing” and rise of right wing extremism. Responding to the development, Keith Fernett, Director of Anchor House, a Newham –based homeless charity, said, “Whilst the proposal being mooted by [...]
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The Truth About Stanley
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The Truth About Stanley tells the story of an unlikely friendship between an old Congolese man and a young runaway living rough on the streets. It is a story about friendship, loss, and the way in which we choose to deal with personal trauma. For Stanley, what he lacks in material possessions, he makes up [...]
A Gala Concert for the Home and Hope Appeal
Friday, March 9th, 2012
In association with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Allen & Overy LLP, Royal Bank of Canada and The Financial Times, City Music Services and Anchor House are delighted to present a unique Gala Music evening, to be held at Sadler’s Wells Theatre on Sunday 29th April at 6.30pm. All money raised from the event will go to Anchor House’s Home and Hope [...]
Julie Etchingham on “Homefullness”
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Anchor House launched their social media #homefullness campaign this week during Homelessness and Poverty Action Week 2012. People are being asked to share their own definition of the word “homefullness”. Here ITN news presenter and Anchor House Patron Julie Etchingham shares her thoughts. For more information about the #homefullness campaign, please click here.
Turning homelessness into homefullness
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Anchor House is on a mission to turn homelessness into homefullness by enlisting the support of the public in a bid to raise awareness for its cause via social media networks. Anchor House, a residential and life-skills centre for single homeless people in Canning Town, East London, launched its ‘homefullness’ campaign on the 29th January in [...]
Use your mobile for a good cause – donate now
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
For those interested in donating to Anchor House –you can now do it with a touch of a button – via your mobile phone. This month we launched a text giving service as part of our Homeless Sunday Campaign. People can text the word HOPE to the number 70300 to give £3. Or if people want to provide regular [...]
Newham cracks down on Dickensian housing conditions
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
This article was sourced from The Economist, 31st December 2011. Few tourists find their way to the borough of Newham in London’s East End, though that will change in 2012 when the Olympic games arrive. Tucked between Tower Hamlets and the Thames, Newham is a poor place, the second most deprived local authority in England. [...]
Ugly Christmas Presents = Hope for the Homeless
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Dreading the thought of opening a Christmas present you don’t like? Don’t fret – give the gift to someone who really needs it! This year 35,680 households in the UK were deemed homeless – without food, shelter and support. But you can help by donating your unwanted Christmas presents to us – Anchor House– [...]
Economic downturn spurs LSE students to sleep on the streets for Anchor House
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
As temperatures start to drop tonight, more than 40 students will know what it is like to be homeless. The students from London’s School of Economics will endure eight hours on the street as part of a campaign run by the Student Union’s Islamic Society. The aim is to raise awareness for the issue of [...]
Anchor House patron Barry McGuigan urges you to support the Home and Hope Appeal
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Barry McGuigan, former world boxing champion, talks about being an Anchor House Patron and how important it is to support the homeless and Anchor House in turning around their lives.
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