A focus on Breadwinners

This week we celebrate Breadwinners, a grassroots charity providing employment and training for refugees and young people seeking asylum.

In 2015, Marika Wilson and John Lister came up with the idea for breadwinners, launching as a charity in the next year. Since then Breadwinners has gone from strength to strength.

Originally helping young people set up their own fresh bread bike delivery service, to developing its E-commerce presence, increasing their reach into Brighton, and launching their Wholesale Service, all with the help of the participants of their programmes

Breadwinners have supported 500+ people through their programmes, which include:

• Risers, which provides support for young asylum seekers through work experience as market stall assistants.

• Breadwinners, supporting refugees with newly received status in finding their first jobs in the UK.

• Proofers, where graduates of the previous programme receive further training in online customer service and IT skills.

Discover more about Breadwinners

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