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ACH to host event celebrating refugees in Bristol’s workforce
Bristol-founded provider for refugee and migrant integration services, ACH, are hosting an event to celebrate refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Bristol’s diverse workforce.
Hosted at the Mount Without, the Welcome Party will be an evening of dinner, drinks and entertainment. The event will be catered by ACH refugee and migrant catering businesses, including cuisines from Sudan, Egypt and Sri Lanka.
The Welcome Party will be catered by refugee-run businesses – photo: AHC
The evening’s entertainment will feature speeches from inspirational refugees, as well as international music and poetry.
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Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah, who was trafficked to the UK aged nine in the aftermath of the Isaaq genocide in Somaliland, will be interviewed on-stage.
ACH provides integration services for refugees and migrants in the UK.
This includes housing, training and business support, helping people who have come to the UK have the best possible start in a new country.
The Welcome Party will be hosted at the Mount Without, a converted Norman church – photo: Evoke Pictures
The ACH also works with Bristol City of Sanctuary, a charity advocating for a fair and humane asylum system. Profit from the event will partly be donated to the charity to continue its essential work.
Fuad Mahamed, CEO at ACH, said: “The Welcome Party is an opportunity for us to build our partnerships with key stakeholders. We expect the event to sell out and be a huge success, which will then provide the basis for a larger-scale event and more fundraising in the following year. We can’t wait to welcome attendees to join us in supporting refugees and migrants, and helping us to build a better, brighter future across the city and beyond.”
Tickets for the event are on sale now and start from £140 per individual seat.
Businesses are encouraged to buy a table for the event, in the hopes of developing businesses’ understanding and appreciation of what migrants and refugees bring to the UK workforce.
Main photo: Evoke Pictures
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