Stories

It’s a time of change at Breaking Barriers as we say farewell to James Newell and welcome Alba Chiara Lamberti as the Chair of our Board of Trustees.

Our wonderful employment adviser, Seraye, wrote this poem inspired by the experiences of refugees she has worked and volunteered with over the years.

Earlier this week, we took the difficult, but necessary, decision to suspend all face-to-face services, but we want to encourage anyone who needs our support to please contact us.

While completing a master’s degree in international development, Matt Powell realised that refugees in the UK had few employment resources helping them to integrate into society. He decided to launch Breaking Barriers, which works with corporate partners such as Thomson…