Blogs and news

ACH hosted five partner organisations on November 5th and 6th 2018 for the kick-off meeting for our new ERAMUS+ project Strengthening Employment and Education Skills for Integration (SEESI).

On Monday 21st January we took part in a Lift the Ban coalition gathering in London. With more than 140 coalition members, this was a great opportunity to connect with others who are working on this issue and exchange ideas.

ACH are delighted to be part of a new research project funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) to investigate ways of addressing the productivity challenges facing microbusinesses.

As part of our new video series, Meet the team leaders, we are interviewing our staff so you can get to know them better! This month we talked with Julia Palmer, Careers Advice and Employment Manager, who is off on maternity leave soon! She has been key in building relationships with employers to get refugees into work.

Our careers team recently attended City of Bristol College to give some ESOL students a talk on careers and CVs at their winter assembly. This will be followed up with a workshop to help the students 1:1 with their job searches and making sure their CVs are up to date.

We recently celebrated our learners' completion of their IAG Level 2 course 2018. They have all done extremely well and it has been a pleasure to teach them more about communication, community and diversity.