ACH team at away day playing drums

Blogs and news

Rose Cordial by ACH service users in Chelsea Flower Show

Last year, ACH and Bristol Old Vic worked on an innovative project aimed to help people from a refugee or migrant background design, make, brand and sell their own drink product. This new product was named HOMEMADE, an iced tea syrup to add to still or sparkling water.

ACH and Co-Exist come together again to deliver new ACE Course

In 2022, ACH delivered the first iteration of our Accelerated Cooking and Entrepreneurship (ACE) course in partnership with Coexist Community Kitchen.

Business Spotlight: Meet Salha, a Sudanese Chef

Salha joined ACH Business Support early this year and has been working with two of our business consultants to launch her start-up business. With a strong passion for cooking and a desire to popularize Sudanese cuisine in Bristol, Salha started catering for private events around the city and recently set up as a home-based chef on All About the Cooks.

Business Spotlight: Meet Sevilay, Illustrator and Graphic Designer

Sevilay is a Turkish lawyer who provides legal consultancy services in the UK. At the same time, she followed her dreams and studied graphic design and works as an illustrator and graphic designer. When she started working in this new field, she turned to ACH for client outreach and marketing support.

Our impact in 2022: Building a better future for refugee and migrant communities

2022 has shown us that it has never been so important to ensure that all refugees who flee war and persecution are treated equally, consistently and with respect.

Forging an Anti-Racist Housing Landscape: Creating change for the South West

As a refugee-led housing and support provider in the UK, ACH is dedicated to creating a world where everyone has access to safe and affordable housing, regardless of their background or circumstances.

International Women’s Day: What does it mean to you?

At ACH we celebrate this day as we honour the fight for women’s equal rights, gender equality, the gender pay gap, and violence against women.  On this day in 1914, the women’s suffragette movement held a march in London advocating for women’s right to vote.

PEF Project Interview with our Careers and Enterprise Officer Brenda

The Pathways to Enterprising Futures project is a partnership with CREME at Aston University, Citizen’s Advice and Punch Records working to deliver an innovative service to open pathways and support enterprise skills for communities in Birmingham.

Working with Borderlands to reduce homelessness for refugees in Bristol

We’re pleased to announce we’re partnering with Borderlands, a charity based in Bristol working with refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants to help them move from exclusion to belonging.