Stories

Breaking Barriers is thrilled to announce a transformational programme integration, which will strengthen employment support for refugees in the UK.

At Breaking Barriers, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive, and refugees bring unique skills and experiences with them to the UK. But navigating the job market here can be daunting.  Through our partnership with the…

Yusuf and Emily openly and honestly share the challenges and successes they have had from two very different perspectives.

'They helped me gain my confidence. They helped me speak English better and gain qualification documents to get a job'

How to turn a love of art into a career? Narsina* is a pattern designer with ambitions to go to university. 

How Murat excelled in his placement at Western Union , even though his manager was based in the USA

Watch Samer's journey into employment and how belonging to such an incredible team and organisation has raised his aspirations and dreams for the future. 

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…