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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Homelessness’
Anchor House Resident makes big impact volunteering
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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
Wednesday, July 21st, 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 [...]
Anchor House Fundraiser Runs 10k
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Anne Cooper – part of the Fundraising Team at Anchor House, ran the British 10k in the heart of London in an impressive 1 hour 16 minutes! It was a fantastic day and there is still a chance to sponsor Anne here.
If you have been inspired and would like to get involved in the adidas [...]
Reaching out to people with Drug and Alcohol problems
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
The existing services in Newham for people concerned about their drug use are being extended by a new service at Anchor House. A specialist Nurse from the Drug and Alcohol Service for London (DASL) will be hosting a weekly “surgery”, every Friday afternoon from 25th June 2010.
The nurse will be providing advice, signposting and referral [...]
Newham’s Population Figures
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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 [...]
Anchor House supports “Adult Learners’ Week”
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Adult Learners’ week is Britain’s largest and longest-running learning campaign. For one week every May the campaign aims to raise awareness of the possibilities for further education and encourages many adults, whatever their age and background to have a go at learning a new skill.
Jorge Graca (pictured) has found returning to study challenging at times, but he [...]
Anchor House wishes Stephen Timms a very speedy recovery
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Anchor House was very sad to hear the news about Newham’s Labour MP and former Treasury Minister Stephen Timms who was stabbed twice in the stomach as he held a constituency surgery last week.
Last year Stephen Timms visited Anchor House in his capacity as communications minister in charge of the Government’s Digital Britain after we had [...]
Construct your Career – Graduation Ceremony – a classic case of economic vandalism!
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Aggrie Chikiwa, Functional Skills Coordinator at Anchor House has sadly attended the last graduation ceremony held at Building Craft College.
This award-winning and valuable partnership is no longer to receive funding because it has been deemed “no longer innovative” [sic]
Anchor House has worked with East Potential and The Building Craft College for 3 years and it’s very [...]
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