ACH team at away day playing drums

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Refugee with arm around another refugee

Hello Neighbour, Hello Job

If you’ve just moved home, whether that’s across the country or to a new area of a city, the first thing you might think to do is get to know your local area and who lives nearby. For refugees, having arrived in a foreign and unfamiliar country, with a different culture and language, this is not the easiest task.
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Khalid and Rashid

From volunteers to employees

At ACH we actively encourage volunteers to join our team in order to build up their skills and work experience. These volunteer placements often turn into full-time paid roles, just like they have with Bristol staff Rashid and Khalid.
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CSR and beyond Fuad Mahamed

CSR and beyond: Getting refugees into work

On 20th September we held a roundtable discussion in Birmingham with key organisations to discuss topics around getting refugees into work.
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get that job poster

'Get that job!' workshops

Changes to our weekly Job Club in Bristol have been made to benefit members of the community. Changes include a weekly 'Get that job!' workshop which focuses on key career skills to enable attendees to improve their job searches.
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men, gender and displacement

Bristol Uni and ACH research outcomes

Over the past year, we have been working with Bristol University as part of a research project exploring men’s experience of displacement in Bristol - 'Men, Gender and Displacement'. On 19th September we launched this research at an event held at the Wills Memorial Building.
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Lydia Samuel

Meet Lydia

Lydia has joined the Bristol ACH team as an Entrepreneurship Facilitator as part of a pilot project with Engine Shed and Barton Hill Settlement. Read more about her past experiences and her hopes for the future.
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ICC event

Bristol: diverse but not integrated?

On 12th September, Intercultural Cities UK co-hosted a workshop with us on their Intercultural Cities (ICC) Programme. With the release of the Government’s Integrated Communities Strategy green paper earlier this year, we felt this was the perfect time to discuss this issue.
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John Wells and Jeff Greenidge, new Chairs of ACH and Himilo

ACH & Himilo AGMs

On 13th September ACH and Himilo held their AGMs at the Engine Shed in Bristol, heralding a time of change.
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10 years of ACH party at Barton Hill Settlement

Using Collective Impact to place refugees at the heart of our work

The stories of refugees are often told in terms of tragedy and rescue, of crisis and eventual safety through the charitable actions of others. Within this narrative, the voices of refugees themselves have become lost: an absence that is reflected in the support systems they are provided.
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