Welcome to the
Health Anchors
Learning Network
Turning the Tide: Jobs, Health and Coastal Communities
Coastal communities face a unique set of circumstances. Much loved by residents and visitors alike, many also experience some of the poorest health outcomes in the country. Join us and the Coastal Navigators Network for a webinar exploring the distinctive challenges facing coastal communities, alongside the promising approaches being developed to tackle widening inequalities.
Registration for 2026/27 Anchor Exchange sessions are open
This series of lunchtime peer learning sessions is designed to bring people together to reflect, problem-solve, and share learning around effective anchor practice. Each session offers a chance to connect with others around the real challenges and opportunities in anchor work - shaped by the themes that matter most to you.
The County Durham Pound: driving social value and economic opportunity through regional partnership
Explore how a collective of local organisations formed the County Durham Pound, deliberately leveraging this scale as anchor institutions to drive inclusive economic opportunity, increasing employment support, and boosting health and wellbeing initiatives for the long-term benefit of the region.