Claire tells us about Breadwinners World Refugee Day Community Walk, after completing the latest Risers programme cohort as a volunteer mentor. It was a rainy day, full of interesting conversations, laughing, and toasties!
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Volunteer Lubna chats with Endri, currently on the Proofers programme, about his progression from Breadwinners to Proofers and how his work as an online sales representative is teaching him skills to help him progress his life & career.
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Refugee Week is a celebration of the amazing contribution refugees and people seeking asylum make to communities across the world. We chat with two people on our programmes to discuss what they feel refugees bring to the UK, and about their experience working with Breadwinners.
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Read our latest impact report (2020) to learn more about what we do, how we help people and how funding is used in Breadwinners.
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Volunteer Lubna reports on our community event to Thread Ahead’s pop-up clothes store, which gave us a chance to celebrate Ramadan as a community despite COVID restrictions.
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Got leftover sourdough that needs using up? Our quick, mini sourdough pizzas are great lunch or light dinner option and use up any leftover sourdough. We made a veggie version using sautéd mushrooms and red peppers, but just add your favourite pizza toppings for a tasty treat.
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Zoe caught up with Gobika, Breadwinners programme graduate, who is in the process of launching her own business, Namma Party, which provides a handcrafted party-in-a-box to help you celebrate with style. She reflects on how her time at Breadwinners gave her the skills she needed to succeed.
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Volunteer Lubna chats to the newest member of our team, Risers Programme Manager Georgia, about the success of her first Risers cohort and what she’s loved about working with our young people so far.
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Last Christmas, the Fermentarium supported Breadwinners by creating a wonderful festive baking booklet filled with traditional festive bakes. Simon from the Fermentarium tells us about the project and the wonderful recipes inside.
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Breadwinners supporter Ni shared her experience of baking sourdough over lockdown and her refined sourdough boule recipe. Give it a go with our Beginners Sourdough Kit, available now.
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Volunteer Cleo chats to Abdulghaffar about the Risers programme and how it has helped him. He particularly enjoys the opportunity to practice his language skills, which he is hoping will help him go on to open his own business in the future.
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Volunteer Sian interviews Gobika, previous Breadwinner, and Molly, her volunteer mentor, on their experience with mentoring at Breadwinners and what they’ve learnt from it.
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Charlotte, Programmes Manager, discusses with Pouria about his experience with Breadwinners in all three programmes and how it could be improved. This is an impact report created for internal feedback and growth in Jan 2021.
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Nobody wants the same old box of supermarket chocolates and a tired bunch of petrol-station roses on Valentine’s. We’ve rounded up a few recommendations for independent social enterprises to buy from this week that are sure to send your valentine swooning.
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Volunteer Angela has kindly shared with us her recipe for Vegan Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers, using our Rosemary and Olive Sourdough bread, as she takes part in the Veganuary challenge.
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With Christmas fast approaching, our bread deliveries are the perfect artisan accompaniment to a luxury Christmas weekend. We thought we would put together what we would do with a delivery of our most popular product, the Artisan Bread and Buns pack, over the festive period.
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2020 has been a difficult but exciting year for Breadwinners. We launched our online shop and our new Proofers programme, grew our core team, hit our biggest ever fundraising target and, well, survived a global pandemic!
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Every donation to Breadwinners before 8th December will have double the impact. Read on to find out more about our Christmas appeal.
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“Nothing is impossible, as long as you are wishing to do something.” Watch Jamal’s inspiring video here!
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Peyman, current Riser, writes for the Breadwinners blog, telling us about his experience of working as a market stall manager and starting his career as an engineer with the help of David, his mentor, in the UK.
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