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Ancora provides holistic and often innovative solutions to people in acute need
"Ancora is an essential part of the life-blood of Oldham. It keeps people going when they're at their lowest, and helps them to recover their strength and vitality. Ancora works because people are cared about, they feel the difference and let us get to the heart of their struggles"
Brian Frisby - KeyRing Trustee

Our Story

The Ancora Project was set up in 2016 to support people in crisis brought on by financial hardship and is a collaboration between KeyRing, Christians Against Poverty and Oldham Foodbank. Together we offer crisis support, long term training including life skills, peer support and case work.

The high level of need for this support in Oldham comes not only from people in financial crisis but we also reach those who typically do not ask for help such as people who have mental health needs, people who are homeless and have already fallen through the cracks plus people on low income, working long hours and still can’t make ends meet to support their families. We are currently supporting over 700 people each year.

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Stories

Kerry's story

Like most mums Kerry’s key concern in her time of crisis was that her daughter be impacted as little as possible.

Kerry was living in temporary accommodation many miles from her daughter’s school and the extra pressure of the additional travel costs meant that Kerry’s budget was not stretching far enough for food and fuel.

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Ancora supported Kerry with food parcels and fuel credit which addressed the immediate situation. The next step was to support Kerry and her daughter to build a brighter future.

We chatted with Kerry about her situation and supported her to contact her local councillor and share her story. With the Councillors support Kerry was soon moved to accommodation nearer her daughter’s school and her family.

Kerry says:

“Without Ancora, I could not have achieved this outcome. I was getting more and more depressed and could not see a way out of my situation. Thank you for your continued support, your understanding of our needs and the way you dealt with us. Our lives are so much better, thank you.”

Meet Those Involved

By joining together we can do so much more to help the people of Oldham!

KeyRing

Connects vulnerable people to their community

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CAP

Provides free debt help and local community groups

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Oldham Foodbank

Helping local people in crisis

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Numbers Speak - Last 12 months:

1337

Referrals for Crisis Support who presented 4534 times

1297

Vouchers for emergency food

345

Referrals made to Warm Homes Oldham

12

Rough Sleepers secured accomodation

What Our Beneficiaries Have to Say

You really have helped me. I thought that when I was in my darkest hour, I didn't think there would be anybody willing to help me. I now know differently and feel so much more confident about my future.
T
I thought that Barbara was really kind and understood my feelings of anxiety without being patronising. Other services had made me feel stupid but Barbara was down to earth and like a normal everyday person.
PJ
Barbara was very helpful when I was in a crisis and made me feel like I could cope with what I had to do. She made me think that she was genuine, caring and helpful.
CS
I can't thank you enough. You've really supported me through this bad period and now I have got all sorted out and I feel like I'm getting my life back on track.
NK

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