词条 | Anchor (housing association) |
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| name = Anchor | logo = | type = Housing, care and support for older people | founded_date = Oxford, England, 1968 | founder = Cecil Jackson-Cole | location = London | origins = | key_people = Jane Ashcroft CBE, Chief Executive Princess Alexandra, Patron | area_served = England | product = Retirement housing; properties for rent and sale, retirement villages, care homes, specialist dementia care, respite care | focus = | method = | revenue = £389.1m | endowment = | num_volunteers = Over 400 in 2013 | num_employees = More than 8,500 | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | homepage = https://www.anchor.org.uk | dissolved = | footnotes = }} Anchor was England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing, care and support to people over 55 years old up until November 2018 when Anchor merged with Hanover Housing Association to form Anchor Hanover Group, the largest provider of specialist housing and care for older people in England[1]. Anchor had been a charitable housing association registered as a society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, and one of the largest in the UK, with a turnover of £389.1 million in 2017/18.[2]{{rp|4}} Anchor's headquarters were in central London, with main offices located in Bradford. It employed more than 8,500 people nationally.[2]{{rp|9}} Its patron was Princess Alexandra. HistoryAnchor was established in 1968 by Cecil Jackson-Cole, as Help the Aged (Oxford) Housing Association, to provide sheltered housing to older people. By 1972, the organisation had completed its first new-build properties and begun diversifying into both leasehold and rented accommodation. The organisation became Anchor Housing Association in 1975, and launched its first care homes in 1982. Anchor's multi award-winning Denham Garden Village – their largest development of retirement properties to date – opened in 2004. Anchor continued to grow its existing services and diversify into new services such as retirement villages and extra-care housing, becoming a thought-leader in caring for individuals with dementia and promoting equality for minority groups, such as LGBT groups.[3] The organisation rebranded from Anchor Trust to Anchor in 2010, adopting a new logo and refreshed brand image to reflect the range of services on offer. In 2012 a ground-breaking new care home called West Hall was opened in West Byfleet, Surrey. In the same year it won the Best Interior Dementia Design category at the National Dementia Care Awards 2012[4]. In 2015 a new 'Support Hub' was created in Bradford[5]. Since April 2015 Anchor opened a series of new developments:
The proposed merger of Anchor and Hanover Housing Association was announced in May 2018, and was completed successfully later the same year, creating Anchor Hanover Group[6], ServicesAnchor offered three main services:
GovernanceAnchor was governed by a trustee board of non-executive directors, and an executive management board of executive directors. Anchor’s Chief Executive, Jane Ashcroft, was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Social Care award at the Great British Care Home Awards 2010 in recognition of her "...[leading] the agenda on developing quality care services across the continuum of care." [9] She also topped a high-profile list of the most influential people in social care at the Care Talk Awards 2012, and is a trustee of The Silver Line, a helpline for older people. Ashcroft is a graduate of the University of Stirling. She was appointed a CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours. In 2010 the high salaries of housing association executives drew criticism from the incoming government, in particular that the highest paid executive at a housing association was the chief executive of Anchor, earning £391,000 per year. The Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, said that the pay packages were unacceptable.[10] Anchor was regulated by the Care Quality Commission, the Regulator of Social Housing and the Financial Conduct Authority. Agenda and influenceAnchor frequently sought to use its profile to draw attention to issues within the care environment. The organisation published white paper documents investigating ageism on television,[11] lobbied parliament on the importance of older people's issues,[12] and sought to underline the importance of person-centred care.[13] The organisation also campaigned to highlight the importance of retaining residential scheme managers at retirement properties.[14] In 2011 Anchor launched The Grey Pride campaign, calling on government to appoint a Minister for Older People to prioritise the needs of older people and make sure their views and interests receive dedicated attention. The petition gathered 137,000 signatures and was handed in to Downing Street on Monday 28 November 2011. As a result of the campaign the shadow cabinet appointed Liz Kendall as Shadow Minister for Older People. Penny Mordaunt MP secured a debate on the topic in the House of Commons on Thursday 28 June 2012. In June 2013 a charity single was released by The Anchor Community Band to celebrate the positive aspects of ageing and challenge stereotypes and misconceptions in a fun and inclusive way. More than 350 people from Anchor’s retirement housing and care homes were involved in recording the song. It reached number one in the Amazon singles chart and raised over £15,000 for national charity Contact the Elderly. As well as recognition for its dementia training, Anchor also received praise for its work in palliative care,[15] and nutrition and catering.[16] Anchor were one of the first organisations to pioneer Your Care Rating, a groundbreaking customer satisfaction survey first conducted by IpsosMORI in 2012. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/associations-complete-merger-to-form-largest-older-peoples-housing-provider-59346|title=Associations complete merger to form largest older people’s housing provider|website=Inside Housing|language=En|access-date=2018-12-18}} 2. ^1 "Annual Report & Financial Statement 2017/18", Retrieved 2018-09-12. 3. ^"Show a Little Love" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716235241/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ihstory.aspx?storycode=6501256 |date=16 July 2011 }}. London: Inside Housing, October 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.anchor.org.uk/|title=Anchor Care Homes|website=www.anchor.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/12909919.housing-provider-opens-new-business-hub-for-250-staff-in-bradford/|title=Housing provider opens new business hub for 250 staff in Bradford|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/associations-complete-merger-to-form-largest-older-peoples-housing-provider-59346|title=Associations complete merger to form largest older people’s housing provider|website=Inside Housing|language=En|access-date=2018-12-18}} 7. ^"Denham Green (sic) Village scoops Daily Telegraph Award". London: Housingnet News, March 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 8. ^[https://www.anchor.org.uk/our-care/dementia-care "Dementia Care Homes"], anchor.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 9. ^"Winners of the Great British Care Home Awards Announced". Retrieved 2010-06-17. {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7795905/Housing-association-chief-on-400000-a-year.html |title=Housing association chief on £400,000 a year |author1=Robert Winnett |author2=Andrew Porter |author3=Holly Watt |date=2 June 2010 |publisher=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=2010-06-17}} 11. ^"BBC One 'should have more over-50s', report says". London: BBC News, March 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 12. ^"Grey Vote Holds the Key to Power". Sunday Express, April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 13. ^"Dementia Expert Victoria Metcalfe's Tips for Dealing with Dementia". London: Community Care, January 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 14. ^"The Supporting People Programme". London: Communities and Local Government Committee, October 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 15. ^"Building on Firm Foundations - Improving end of life care in care homes: examples of innovative practice" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126222245/http://ncpc.org.uk/download/publications/BuildingOnFirmFoundations.pdf |date=26 November 2010 }}. London: The Department of Health, June 2007, pp. 10. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 16. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/may/17/longtermcare.guardiansocietysupplement "Fresh Inspiration"]. London: The Guardian, May 2006. Retrieved 2010-05-24. External links
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