Wifinity has partnered with not-for-profit housing and care provider Anchor to provide wi-fi across the majority of its locations.
The initiative, which is being rolled out across Anchor’s almost 1,700 housing locations and care homes, will enable the organisation’s people to work more efficiently and support the ongoing modernisation and transformation of how it delivers services.
Service rollout has begun, and hundreds of residents are already connected, with Anchor covering most of the costs of connecting properties as well as a large part of the ongoing charges as part of the organisation’s investment in driving efficiencies in how it works.
Sarah Jones, chief executive of Anchor, said: “The connectivity will enable Anchor to support colleagues with technology and systems to enhance every aspect of the service that residents receive. It will bring enormous benefits for residents, whether they are online or not, and will help us to address the serious issue of digital poverty.
“Crucially, along with our adoption of the Plentific platform to manage repairs and planned works and our wider digital and data strategy, it enables more modern, efficient ways of ensuring residents have safe, well-maintained homes.
“We chose to partner with Wifinity because they could deliver at the scale and pace we required. By providing our corporate network for colleagues and building management systems while also having taken the time to really understand and meet our residents’ needs, Wifinity are driving cost saving by doing more with the same kit, all of which is improving the lives of our residents.”
Costas Demetriou, CEO of Wifinity, added: “We are delighted we were selected by Anchor to be a part of this digital transformation. The scale and ambition of this programme is huge and will make such a difference to so many people. As well as the installation, we are supporting residents to be active online and be able to access vital services such as video consultations with health professionals, ordering prescriptions and calls with families.”
