Continuing our policy of creating a learning organisation, Keith Fernett the Director of Anchor House recently visited Austria as part of a delegation looking at how Caritas Austria and Caritas Vienna run a variety of projects including homeless organisations, homes for the elderly, specialist facilities for young people with disabilities and a mother and childrens project. Keith [...]
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Sharing best practice
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Maurice Price, head of the development team at Anchor House has recently visited The Quays, a Riverside ECHG hostel in Kent, to explore ways of working together to share their knowledge, information and best practice.
The Quays, located in a deprived area of Sittingbourne, faces similar economic and social issues to those faced by Anchor House in Canning Town – yet it has pioneered a [...]
Keith Fernett writes….
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
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 [...]
Welcome to Anchor House
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
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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