Tools to support your anchor journey
The HALN provides spaces and opportunities for participants to learn with peers and experts about how anchor organisations can consciously use their resources, influence and work in partnership to improve the social determinants of health and help reduce inequalities.
Many of these resources are learning outputs from our events. To see what events are coming up, or watch previous events visit this page.
To browse anchor work in practice, visit our case study page.
Tools to get started
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A practical guide to anchor networks
A five page guide covering: why networks are established, options to consider, critical success factors, first steps and three case studies.
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Net Zero and Procurement
A three page document exploring how health anchors can leverage spending to meet sustainability goals and tackle inequalities, with input from NHSE, City of London and participants at a HALN event.
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Two Years of HALN
Reflections on the UK’s health anchor landscape, generated throughout the first two years of the HALN in collaboration with our participants.
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What health anchors can do to tackle deprivation
A page of resources on deprivation and anchor action, collated through a recent HALN event.
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Partnership Learning Product
This document summarises key insights, questions, quotes and examples directly from event speakers and participants.
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Driven by Data
A two-pager on measurement principles and how to ensure you're having impact in your anchor work, based on learnings from the Network.
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Top Tips for Moving from Plan to Action
This product synthesises top tips from HALN event participants, who are moving their anchor work from plan to action.
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Checklist for initiating anchor action
Five questions for to move your anchor agenda from plan to action which have been crowdsources from our learning set participants.
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Leadership and anchor work
Answering the question ‘what does it mean to lead an anchor mission effectively?’, this tool identifies the key building blocks of anchor leadership.
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Governance and delivery structures
A tool that provides clear guidelines on how the correct governance or structure can enable anchor actions. Includes two examples for inspiration.
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Engaging the workforce
Four insights on engaging your workforce, gathered from our Autumn 2021 learning set participants. Provides insight on how other anchors have effectively engaged their workforce in the anchor mission.
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One page guide to anchor frameworks
Anchor frameworks, charters and strategies are often developed by anchor organisations as a way of guiding their work. This simple guide sets out seven key steps to creating your own version.
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Summary of learning from Anchors in a Storm
In May 2021 we held an event with the Health Foundation to build on learning from research they conducted with anchor leaders and partners in eight areas of the UK.
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What can we learn as anchors from the experience of Housing Associations?
A simple guide to the key lessons that anchor organisations can take from the experience of housing associations.
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Getting Started as an Anchor
This two-page document is designed to demystify the first steps in your anchor journey, containing information and resources crowdsourced from HALN participants and external experts,
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Anchor missions and the unique role of ICSs
In August 2021, we convened participants from across the network to explore the potential role of ICSs. We identified five unique roles which ICSs can play in developing the anchor agenda.
