Anchor case studies

Here you can find inspiring examples of anchor programmes, projects and initiatives already happening across the UK.

Use these case studies to inform and inspire your own anchor strategy and practice, or share with colleagues interested in or responsible for anchor work in your organisation. Scroll down to find these great examples of anchor work from HALN members around the UK.

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Workforce employment and skills, Working with local anchor partners, Reducing environmental impact, Community engagement and civic action Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon Borough Council, and The Active Wellbeing Society Workforce employment and skills, Working with local anchor partners, Reducing environmental impact, Community engagement and civic action Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon Borough Council, and The Active Wellbeing Society

Working together to promote Pedal Power in Essex

Read how the simple act of providing free bikes to staff in Basildon University Hospital supported them to stay active, reduced carbon emissions, and addressed cost of living pressures.

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Workforce employment and skills, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS), NHS Workforce employment and skills, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS), NHS

We Want You: Engaging young people in anchor careers

Learn how One Gloucestershire co-designed an outreach programme with and for young people, supporting them to explore opportunities to translate their interests, hobbies and skills into meaningful health and social care careers.

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Estates and infrastructure investment, Reducing environmental impact, Community engagement and civic action, Procurement and spending Lambeth GP Food Coop Estates and infrastructure investment, Reducing environmental impact, Community engagement and civic action, Procurement and spending Lambeth GP Food Coop

Lambeth GP Food Coop

Building gardens in GP surgeries and NHS hospitals so everyone who wishes to learn how to grow food can do so in a safe, secure and supported environment.

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Procurement and spending, Estates and infrastructure investment, Reducing environmental impact, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Procurement and spending, Estates and infrastructure investment, Reducing environmental impact, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Anchoring on the Coast

Our project, Anchoring on the Coast, set out to co-design an anchor framework for coastal communities and test a model of co-production.

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Procurement and spending, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Procurement and spending, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Diversifying NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Supply Chain

The immediate trigger for the pilot was identification in the NHSGGC Talent Inclusion and Diversity Evaluation (TIDE) report of the need to strengthen an inclusive organisational culture through improved procurement practice. The subsequent TIDE ‘roadmap’ details the procurement actions required to make a long-term strategic change to become more inclusive.

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Working with local anchor partners, Workforce employment and skills Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes ICB & Health and Care Partnership Working with local anchor partners, Workforce employment and skills Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes ICB & Health and Care Partnership

Engaging with Young People

Working to reach pockets of our local residents who we may not otherwise engage successfully with we linked in, via Luton Council, with the Reach Society to participate in their Luton Employability Day.

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Working with local anchor partners, Estates and infrastructure investment, Integrated Care Models University of Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay Council and NHS Devon Working with local anchor partners, Estates and infrastructure investment, Integrated Care Models University of Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torbay Council and NHS Devon

University and Care Systems Partnership: Researcher-in-Residence

Researchers-in-Residence embedded within an organisation to work alongside teams helping implementation of new models of care into practice. The anchor is a partnership between the University of Plymouth and the Integrated Care System of Devon.

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Reducing environmental impact, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills Leeds Health and Care Academy Reducing environmental impact, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills Leeds Health and Care Academy

Connecting Communities with Health and Care Careers

The Connecting Communities with Health and Care Careers programme (CCHCC) aims to work with people and communities in disadvantaged areas of the city, who may also be under-represented in the health and social care workforce.

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Procurement and spending, Reducing environmental impact, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Procurement and spending, Reducing environmental impact, Working with local anchor partners, Community engagement and civic action, Workforce employment and skills Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The Anchoring Southend 2050 Ambition

The Anchoring Southend 2050 Ambition project focuses on moving people living in the most disadvantaged wards in Southend who are unemployed or economically inactive, towards work at either Southend Hospital or the wider healthcare sector.

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