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Volunteer spotlight: Graham
Graham lives in Birmingham and volunteers with Breaking Barriers in a few different ways, running advice and guidance sessions, and also helping behind the scenes.
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Landmark report – Commission on the Integration of Refugees
The Refugee Commission undertook the most thorough exploration of the asylum system, these are their recommendations and our thoughts.
The Entrepreneurs – Breaking Barriers
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…
The business case for helping refugees
Recent heart-breaking events have resulted in an increase in corporate social responsibility. With a new generation that craves a deeper meaning from work, private companies are progressively trying to find new ways to do business for good. The new search…
Refugee Week 2018: #6 Play with 20
To celebrate 20 years of Refugee Week, the #simpleacts campaigns is about getting everyone involved to show their support and solidarity through creative challenges. For number 6, you have the number twenty and that is it. So we decided to…
Refugee Week 2018: #3 Share a refugee story
We kicked off Refugee Week this morning with a welcome video for those coming to the UK. This year is extra special as it marks 20 years of Refugee Week. #simpleacts is the campaign we’re getting involved with to show…
An evening of coaching and mentoring for young refugees
BB Futures | Coaching + Mentoring This month we hosted and facilitated an evening of coaching and mentoring for our younger clients (18-24) where we paired them with life coaches to create a life map and then identified and set…
English for Work
BB Education | Customer Service Training In April, four new English classes started in WeWork buildings in Shoreditch and Southbank, which means 26 Breaking Barriers clients are working on their English skills to improve their chances of employment. From…
Law Firm Provides Employability Training for Refugees
Employment Academy | Ashurt I.T Skills Training Our clients are always asking for more IT training, so this month we worked with two of our legal corporate partners to run Excel workshops. Mayer Brown kicked off with a beginners…
Breaking Barriers CEO Matthew Powell listed on this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30
We are delighted to announce our CEO, Matthew Powell, has been listed on this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30, making him one of Europe’s 30 most influential social entrepreneurs under 30! ‘This award is recognition…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year We are looking forward to continuing our growth and impact into 2018! We are delighted to welcome 5 new corporate partnerships, across 4 different programmes, for this upcoming year. Grant Thornton will be joining our…