Let’s look back on 2022… it’s been a fantastic year filled with love, laughter, and growth!
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On December 8th, we had the honour of attending the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2022 and winning the “Prove It: Social Impact Award”. Abdoul, a recent graduate of our Risers Programme, accepted the award on our behalf and gave an incredible speech!
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Get your donations doubled during our Big Give campaign 29th Nov - 6th Dec. Help us to open new markets and support more young refugees into employment!
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We are now nine core team members across London and Brighton - the biggest team ever so far! With all these changes, we thought it was time to introduce ourselves.
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Meet Vanessa: Market Stall Manager, youth worker, activist, pubic speaker and all-round wonder woman. Vanessa recently moved on from Breadwinners to work with one of the UK’s leading charities. We caught up to chat about what she learnt from her job with Breadwinners.
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“It’s a great idea, as a social enterprise, to be supporting other social enterprises.” Find out more about our wholesale partnership with Change Please and how coffee and bread are being used to change people’s lives.
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From mentoring to marathon running Zaf, knows how to go the extra mile. Zaf recently ran the Berlin marathon in aid of Breadwinners following his experience as a mentor. Have a read to find out what inspired Zaf take on this huge challenge and how the fundraising money is helping us to grow our work in Brighton
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“It was a struggle... but if you keep learning, if you don’t give up and stay true to yourself, you are going to make it through.” Mo, our Camberwell Market Manager talks about the important link between work and wellbeing.
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“When you come to a new country, you don’t have family, you don’t have friends, it really is very hard. Now I’m learning so many things, improving my English and my confidence.” Read more about Asiyo’s phenomenal progression in her chat with IMIX!
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We want to share a blog that our friends at Pioneers Post wrote about what we’ve learnt about impact management and how we use data to improve our programmes.
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Did you know that Breadwinners started in 2016 with the idea to use bread as a tool to support long-term unemployed people? Learn all about the start of Breadwinners and the reason why we are all here supporting young refugees into work.
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While the Commonwealth Games is unfolding in Bermingham, we have our own version of athletics last Saturday 30th at the London Marathon Community Track stadium. 120 participants from our charity partners and friends came for a packed day of athletism, games, dancing and food!
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“The fact that we are helping so many people get a second chance in life. It needs to be spoken about more.” We visited our wholesale partners Change Please to chat about all things coffee, cake and the importance of choosing social enterprises.
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“When I think of Breadwinners, I think of family. I have developed a confidence that I never thought I’d have.” Hear from Ruth about how getting her first job with Breadwinners helped her to reach her next steps.
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During Refugee Week 2022, the Breadwinners community is cycling from London to Brighton! Taking on this challenge is our pedal power team of young people, volunteer mentors, and core staff. We’re raising dough to launch a brand new Risers Programme in Brighton. Please support us by donating.
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“The highlight of the programme is to help someone to shape their future and get prepared for adult life in a different country.” - Sonia, one of our volunteer mentors, shares her experience of being a mentor on our Risers Programme. Read to find out more!
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Eight months into our Brighton expansion and we’re going from strength to strength. We’ve supported 10 refugees and young people seeking asylum to gain jobs and work experience. Plus we’ve seen many participants already move onto further employment. We can’t wait to see this project expand.
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What image do you get when you hear “asylum seeking or refugee young person”? What about “Eton college student”? We brought the two together during our football tournament and despite differences, all where united through a shared love of the game.
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Hear Florjan and Lucky, two programme participants, chat to Dance for Refuge on Voices Radio about how their experiences selling bread and talking to customers helped increase their confidence. Plus, find out who from the team is a dancing sensation!
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Meet Mahad - our incredibly motivated market manager at Crystal Palace who’s on a mission to become a politician. He spoke to the Jellied Eel about his journey into work, who’s helped him along the way and what make's his job so special.
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