Stories

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

When I joined Breaking Barriers in Hammersmith the first thing I was asked was 'What are your long-term goals?'. 

My life in the UK has given me opportunities my mother never had, and a sense of safety as a woman.

A spotlight on our volunteer Education teacher, Margreet.

Through Breaking Barriers, I was able to interview for a 6-month work experience placement at Ipsos MORI, a global market research company.

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. 

We are so happy to capture a moment with one of our young clients who is about to start a new Journey as a customer sales assistant at a bank in Central London while starting a degree in Mathematics in…

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…

We’ve received funding from the European Social Fund and London Councils to help hundreds of refugees like Simi rebuild their lives through training and employment. In August this year, 18-year-old Simi was homeless – awaiting official refugee status from the…