From sanctuary to success: ACH to host The Welcome Party celebrating refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the Bristol workforce
Titled ‘The Welcome Party’, the event invites businesses from across the South West of England to hear, see and literally taste the positive impact of refugees have in bRISTOL,
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00:00So my name is Paul Hassan. I'm the partnership manager for an organization called ACH.
00:06ACH is an organization that's focused on the support of effective integration for refugees and migrant communities.
00:15So it provides housing opportunities, but also support in employment, setting up businesses and help with education and training.
00:23We operate right across the West of England area and probably support close to about a thousand individuals over the course of the year.
00:30So we're looking to celebrate that with an event that we're calling the Welcome Party, which is scheduled to take place in November.
00:37We've managed to secure Sir Mo Farah to be a person that we're going to interview in the course of that event.
00:43But also what we've done is look to celebrate the food.
00:49There's a number of businesses we've supported looking to bring cuisine from Sudan, from Afghanistan, from other parts of the world to the British people.
00:57But also the people that we've been training through the hospitality program.
01:01We've also got musicians that we've helped support.
01:04One of the other kind of elements we've added is mixers for mocktails and cocktails to be developed through with refugee women looking at developing creativity.
01:14So in short, the idea will be we're looking to demonstrate all the different ways in which refugee and migrant communities are already contributing.
01:24And how many people are you expecting to attend this event then?
01:28Well, it's in the iconic Mount Without venue. If anyone in Bristol knows that it's an old converted church, it's an absolutely beautiful venue.
01:35Obviously, we'll listen then to Mo Farah's story, get the chance to meet and speak to this great national treasure who himself was trafficked as a child.
01:44Nevertheless, overcome those adversities to become someone who was knighted and has been a really great source of inspiration, not just the refugee community, but to many people across the country.