Reading Time: 2 minutes World Refugee Day takes place on the 20th of June every year. Leading up to this special day, Words for Welcome established a campaign #RefugeeVoice #IAmListening, where one refugee story was shared every day. To conclude this campaign, the team launched the Creatives Competition, which encouraged students globally to write, using these stories […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Katy Cottrell, Sona Circle Many countries today are experiencing an ageing population, where the number of over 65’s is increasing faster than any other age group in the population. Japan, Italy and Finland currently have the most aged populations, but the UK is not far behind. In the UK over 12 million people are […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Katy Cottrell, Sona Circle Help Refugees/Choose Love began in 2015 as a response to the refugee crisis during which 1 million people arrived in Europe, fleeing conflict and persecution. I spoke to one of Help Refugees founders, Josie Naughton, about how this NGO began, and some of the challenges they’ve faced since. Help […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Michael Brennan (Workvivo.com), Contributor Are you a start-up company that’s developing your internal communications? Maybe you are a growing SME or established business that recognises internal communications could be improved. Identifying the issue is the easy part. It’s finding solutions that’s challenging, right? If this sounds like you, then this blog post […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Aanya Bhandari, Sona Circle With the refugee unemployment rate (pre-COVID) at 18%, more than four times that of the UK average, refugee recruitment remains a key social and economic issue for over 150,000 refugees in the UK. In attempting to enter the labour market, refugees are faced with several barriers, both social and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Katy Cottrell, Sona Circle Meet Me at Fatma’s is a series of pop-up brunch shops which serve delicious food inspired by traditional Yemeni cuisine. The founder of this business, Fatma Al-Baiti says that each dish is served with its own twist and has been inspired by ‘a certain tradition practised in our […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Katie McAdam, Sona Circle Two terms in the House of Commons, seven years as Refugee Council director, and a life peerage in the House of Lords; Lord Dubs’ impressive CV makes him one of the UK’s most prominent refugee campaigners. For Lord Dubs protecting refugee rights have always been at the centre of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Katy Cottrell, Sona Circle As coronavirus swept across the UK many business sectors were hit extremely hard. The resulting increase in unemployment has been felt across the country, and especially in major cities like London, Manchester and Birmingham. One group of individuals that has felt the impact the most has been refugees […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Katy Cottrell, Sona Circle During the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us have felt grateful for the digital world which has helped us stay in touch with loved ones, informed with important information and constantly entertained. However, recent research from Breaking Barriers has highlighted the discrepancy in digital access between refugees living in […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Carol Duke, Contributor There are many reasons people around the world seek to build a new life in a different country. For refugees, this can mean leaving their home country entirely. Once you settle in and rebuild your life, it’s time to seek a new job. Of course, what better way to […]
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