Our Stories
Imagine being forced to leave your home country, to drop all your plans and start again somewhere entirely new. This is the reality for the thousands of refugees who have arrived in the UK over the last few years. But despite being displaced in unfamiliar surroundings, the people we’ve worked with have shown us time and again that they have the tenacity and ambition to start a new life in the UK: learning English, taking courses, and finding jobs.
Below are real stories of successful refugee integration in Britain; people who, with the right training and support, have settled and rebuilt their lives here in the UK – or forged a career helping others to do the same.