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ANCHOR has signed up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge – a new nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better to make workplaces age-friendly. England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life is one of the first organisations in the country to sign the pledge, showing its commitment to older workers.

Chief executive Sarah Jones said: “We’re pleased to have signed up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge. We are committed to being inclusive for all and are working hard to enable all colleagues to reach their full potential and feel valued at Anchor.”

Anchor will be working with the Centre for Ageing Better to further improve its recruitment, retention and development processes, to support people aged 50 and over.

The operator is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and was awarded ‘Silver Status’ in the Inclusive Employers Standard and has a range of colleague networks for under-represented groups and individuals within the organisation.

Anchor’s recent Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report also shows that the completion of colleague diversity data has risen from 76 per cent to 81 per cent.

And this year’s colleague survey saw Anchor improve its colleague engagement score and achieve an 86 per cent positive response to the question: “I believe Anchor respects individual difference”.