Refugee Integration & Employment Services UK

Our services

Accommodation

ACH provides safe, supported housing for refugees and migrants in Birmingham, Bristol, Wolverhampton and Coventry. We support over 700 individuals from refugee or migrant backgrounds each year.

Training

Himilo training provides careers advice, employment opportunities, training courses and personalised business support to over 2,500 individuals per year. Ensuring each individual is in the driving seat of their career.

Research and consultancy

ACH is an established research practitioner, informing policy through practice and bringing the lived experience of 3,000 individuals and their communities into policy design and integration services for refugees and migrants.

Established 2008

Our offices

Bristol
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Coventry

Refugee integration policy & social impact

ACH is an award-winning social enterprise providing a range of innovative and impactful support and integration services for refugee and migrant individuals. Since 2008, the company is resettling over 2500 individuals yearly by providing secure housing, culturally sensitive support and vocational training (provided by its training arm- Himilo).

We focus on building individuals’ resilience in the labour market, upskilling and supporting refugees into sustainable, higher-level employment to develop their independence and ease their integration into UK life. We now employ over 80 members of staff and deliver services in the West of England, the West Midlands whilst offering advice and assistance across the UK and beyond.

Over the next 10 years, we plan to support a further 25,000 individuals from refugee and migrant communities. By using our knowledge, expertise and lived experience we create and tailor our services from the standpoint of the individual refugee and migrant, developing tools and techniques to support them to integrate according to their specific needs and ambitions.

Thursday 22nd July 2021

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Our vision

Our vision is for all refugees and migrants coming to the UK to be successfully integrated into their host society and economy.

Our mission

To support the settlement and resettlement needs of refugees to develop their independence and equip them with the skills they need to gain sustainable employment in the UK.

To promote the positive contribution that refugees can have on our local communities.

To be a nationally and internationally recognised leader in the refugee sector, driving change and transforming lives through the dedication and unique expertise of our staff.

To collaborate with partners who share our vision for refugee integration.

Our values

People come first in all we do. We work for the people and with people, and that is always something we keep in mind.

We are engineering the ways in which society can blend its differences and become stronger through its diversity. We unite the driving force of the people to create services and products to serve the needs of people.

We are here to connect and empower, helping integration happen from the standpoint of the individual- the refugee, the migrant and the local.

We are here to rethink integration and the power of society, where everyone is important, deserves to have the best opportunities in life and everyone can make a change in this.

3,000+

Individuals from refugee and migrant backgrounds impacted upon – we are a leading provider of support and integration services for newly arrived communities in the UK.

80+ Staff

Lived experience is at the heart of ACH. Our staff are all experts in their fields, enabling us to provide impactful support and integration services in Bristol and the West Midlands.

#rethinkingrefugee

Our #rethinkingrefugee work challenges stereotypes and establishes individuals with more resilience into the places where they live, supporting people to find employment and become part of an inclusive city.