We recently had a conversation with Mathilda Della Torre, a long-time Breadwinners volunteer mentor and founder of @conversationsfromcalais to talk about the launch of her first book - “Conversations From Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories” ! Enjoy our conversation and make sure you get your hands on her book!
Read MoreOur Market Stall Manager Obsa recently graduated from our Breadwinners Programme in Brighton, so we sat down with him to hear all about his experience and aspirations for the future!
Read MoreWe are very worried by the news that, despite a number of initially encouraging successful amendments in the House of Lords, the “Illegal” Migration Bill is due to become law. In response, we are sharing a message from our Managing Director and one of our young people, as well as a list of resources to help you channel your compassion into positive action for refugees.
Read MoreLast night, we had the pleasure of attending the 2023 NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards in East London with three of our young people. We were thrilled to have made it onto the SE100 Index and to be a finalist for the Impact Management Champion category!
Read MoreOur dedicated volunteer Alex recently raised money for Breadwinners by taking part in an incredible 8-week boxing competition! We sat down with Alex to ask him all about his unique fundraiser and his mentoring experience on our Risers Programme.
Read MoreOn Saturday, June 24th, we conquered the incredible 22km of Seven Sisters Cliffs as a group of 45 people from both our Breadwinners and Compass Collective communities!! Check out the great adventure we had!
Read MoreLast night, our Breadwinners Ambassador Abdoul and Communications Officer Delphine had the pleasure of attending the Social Value Awards 2023 hosted by Social Value Portal in honour of our nomination for the “Third Sector Leadership” Award and we were thrilled to take it home!
Read MoreRecently, Amy Packer from the Mirror newspaper, chatted with Obsa, one of our brilliant Market Stall Managers in Brighton! Find out how Breadwinners supported Obsa in his new chapter in the UK in the excerpt in this blog!
Read MoreTo close off #VolunteersWeek, meet one of our longest serving and dedicated volunteer mentors: Mathilda! We sat down with Mathilda to find out why she loved volunteering with Breadwinners so much and, more importantly, her favourite bread!! Click this blog to watch the full video!
Read MoreJoin us in celebrating our incredible volunteers that make Breadwinners possible and find out how you can get involved!
Read MoreOur Mentor Jessica recently put on a fantastic “Speak Up, Speak Out” session for our Market Stall Managers, teaching them how to improve their public speaking skills as well as their confidence. You can read all about this inspiring event from Jessica herself in our latest blog.
Read MoreThis weekend, we took on the Hackney Moves Community 5K as a team of 16 current & former mentors, programme participants, staff, and supporters - one for the books!!
Read MoreOn June 24th, we are tackling the Seven Sisters Trek!22km, 7 hills, 300 mts of altitude gain, in aprox. 6hrs, to support young refugees and show compassion! Join us for a fun day trip to the coast trekking the beautiful Seven Sisters cliffs and fundraising for Breadwinners so we can continue to put our compassion into practice!
Read MoreRecently, Caitlin Otway from the Camberwell Clarion, a local newspaper for SE5 in South East London, chatted with Mohammad, one of our Market Stall Managers. Mo has been managing our stall at Camberwell Green Market since joining our Breadwinners Programme in September and has been making a very positive impression with his beautiful smile in the local community ever since.
Read MoreIn honour of today, Thevajan, our Market Stall Manager at Greenwich Peninsula Market, is celebrating his creative skills with us through his photography!
Read MoreHappy #WorldArtDay! In our latest blog post, we finally reveal who has been behind our beautiful illustrations featured across our platforms for the last two or three years! Watch our video to learn about Lydia’s motivations for wanting to create artwork for Breadwinners, as well as how she used art to bond with her mentee Adis in our latest Risers Programmes!
Read MoreIn this blog post, our passionate Risers Graduate Abdoul shares with us “four reasons why you should have a mentor”. If you’ve ever wondered what impact our mentors have on our young people, here are four examples!
Read MoreOur wonderful mentor Blaise has just completed her mentoring journey with her mentee Surafiel after supporting him on his journey both on our Risers and Breadwinners Programmes since 2021. Read all about her mentoring experience!
Read MoreWe recently attended the opening of the “We Are Here” exhibition, a collection of artwork and photography by the global refugee community curated by Anahita and the team at Community Arts Box in Brixton. Our London Risers Programme Manager Josie worked on a photography project with several of our young people - check it out!
Read MoreLast Sunday, we had the pleasure of participating, for the fourth year, in a friendly football competition at Eton College with 28 young people and volunteers from Breadwinners, GMAX Trackstars Athletics Academy, Hope for the Young, and Argentina FC London.
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