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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Newham Carers Event

Friday, June 11th, 2010

National Carers Week is from 14 to 20 June and to celebrate this year’s Newham Carers Network is inviting carers of all ages to an information day on Wednesday 16 June.
A carer spends a significant proportion of their life providing unpaid support to family or friends. This could be caring for a relative, partner or [...]

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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 [...]

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Did you know that 2010 is the European Year Against Poverty?

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Anchor House is located in the most socially deprived ward in Newham, London. Newham is the 6the most deprived borough in the UK and Anchor House fully supports this exciting new EU programme which aims to focus on tackling the issue of poverty through the enouragement of new local initiatives.
In the UK, this programme will be run by DWP, who have just launched it’s national programme which [...]

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Is there such a thing as a homeless charity?

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The role of relationships!
A few months ago I dwelt upon the challenges facing my organisation, Anchor House, in the light of  Pope Benedict’s Encyclical Caritas in Veritate: we had decided to go back to basics and, by respecting the sanctity of every individual, we are now coming to terms with our new reality.
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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 [...]

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