As part of Refugee Week and Bristol Refugee Festival, 2018, ACH are running three events to celebrate the integration and contribution of refugees in the city. These include a bike ride, a 10-year party and art and craft morning.
The Organisational Benefits of a Diverse & Multicultural Workforce
Diverse businesses see improved productivity, company growth and staff retention. ACH is a great example of how a diverse workforce can help your business to flourish.
Starbucks have recently volunteered to do some garden maintenance at one of our properties in Birmingham to give back to ACH. We've been in partnership with Starbucks to help them employ refugees in Birmingham and Bristol by running employability courses for them. This has been a success with several refugees now in work.
As part of ACTA Theatre’s REACT (Refugee Engagement and Integration through Community Theatre) festival, 6 refugees recently took part in performances of ‘Lost Sheep’, a play totally devised and performed by ACH tenants and learners. They have had rehearsals every Wednesday since October 2017 and put in a lot of hard work to get the performances right.
ACH is more than just a housing provider - with our training arm Himilo offering an extensive range of courses aimed at the wider community, and our work with employers changing the way businesses recruit staff - we offer many more services than just housing.
