We celebrate Social Enterprise Day 2021 by reflecting on our impact. Over the past year, Breadwinners has developed and grown dramatically as a social enterprise. But one thing has remained constant - our mission to provide opportunities and create a community for refugees to thrive.
Read MoreWe say farewell to Charlotte, our Programmes Manager, as she embarks on a career in immigration law. We recall the best bits, the tricky bits, and the funny bits!
Read MoreEach Halloween a staggering 18,000 tons of pumpkin that gets wasted. To promote a more sustainable Halloween, we’ve carved out some delicious pumpkin recipes that are the perfect match with our sourdough bread. Bone appetit!
Read MoreFrom visiting the Chelsea Football stadium to practicing writing emails, Joy and Natalie discuss how they brought mentoring alive
Read MoreMeet our Proofers - the brains behind our online bread delivery and wholesales services. We chat to Endri and Mustafa about their programme highlights and how their newly acquired skills are helping them to thrive
Read MoreOur friends at Celtic Bakers are recruiting for several Artisan Bakery roles! They are keen to give opportunities to refugees looking for their first job in the UK.
Read MoreBreadwinners is expanding! We’re piloting a new programme in Brighton to support more refugees gain their first UK job.
Read MoreFind out what life after Breadwinners looks like and the impact of the programme through the stories of two of our Breadwinners, Khalid and Alex, with invaluable insights from our Programmes Manager, Charlotte Gallagher.
Read MoreWe wanted to share a blog that our friends at The Conduit wrote in response to the recent events happening in Afghanistan and its refugee crisis, and the role social enterprises play in supporting the refugee community.
Read MoreBreadwinners has been shortlisted for ‘Prove It: Social Impact’ category at the UK Social Enterprise Awards.
Read MoreFrom biomedical scientist to bakery owner, I sat down with new Trustee, Baneta Yelda, to find out more about her journey into the world of bread and being a refugee in the UK.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce our two new Trustees. Baneta Yelda is our new Refugee Employment Trustee and Harry George is our new Business Develpment Trustee. Get to know about them and how they will help Breadwinners in this blog!
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to have made it on this year’s SE100 Index highlighting the UK’s most outstanding Social Enterprises!
Congratulations to our amazing core team, trustees and all volunteers for this achievement!
Read More‘Here we go, working with Breadwinners. We love the job, we’re no longer beginners.’ Read Ibrahim’s poem about his experience on the Risers Programme and hear more about our talented Risers as we celebrate the end of another programme.
Read MoreClaire 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!
Read MoreVolunteer 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.
Read MoreRefugee 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.
Read MoreRead our latest impact report (2020) to learn more about what we do, how we help people and how funding is used in Breadwinners.
Read MoreVolunteer 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.
Read MoreGot 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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