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Our CEO and one of Bristol’s newly appointed International Ambassadors Fuad Mohamed, speaking with Neil Maggs about how he navigated a fraught political context both personally and professionally.

Listen to the podcast for an inspiring talk by Fuad, who founded ACH to support refugees and asylum seekers, with his lived experience in immigration.

ACH's brilliant Employment Coach Lina tells BBC Radio West Midland's Kath Stanczyszyn all about her inspirational story, and how she build a successful life in the UK after arriving as a refugee from Syria. 

Now, Lina supports newly arrived Syrian refugees in the West Midlands, helping individuals to achieve their personal goals and dreams to build sustainable, ambitious lives in the UK. 

Mary (pictured centre left) ACH's Support and Integration Team Leader in Birmingham, spoke to BBC West Midlands Radio all about Refugee Week 2022. Mary told presenter Kath Stanczyszyn all about ACH's plans for Refugee Week 2022, alongside telling the audience all about our work to support and integrate refugee communities in Birmingham and the West Midlands. 

Speaking on his experience of moving to the UK from Somalia, Fuad called on the local and national government to consider how we can empower our community organisations and leaders who are playing a big part in welcoming newly arrived people from Ukraine.  

He also called on policy makers to think about how we can harness the skills that newly arrived people bring and how we can work with businesses and the private sector to help people into employment or start their own business.

Felix (pictured right), ACH's Support and Integration Officer, urged the government to invest more money in Universal Credit and Local Authorities to help those most affected by the cost of living crisis live on BBC Radio Bristol.

Najla (pictured left), MIS Officer at ACH's training subsidiary Himilo, told BBC Radio Bristol why our Comic Relief funding for the Change Makers project is so crucial in helping newly arrived refugees build better lives in Bristol.

Fuad Mahamed, ACH's CEO, spoke on Channel 4's 'Ukraine: Should We Do More?', a live debate on the heart breaking situation in Ukraine on Tuesday evening. 

Fuad highlighted the need to strengthen the UK's commitment to refugees, saying: 'Under the Geneva Convention, all refugees, doesn't matter what colour, what faith, what gender, have to all get the same treatment'. 

Watch from 28:20.

ACH CEO Fuad Mahamed spoke to BBC Breakfast about his own experience coming to the UK as a refugee, and made the case for more support for newly arrived refugees from Ukraine.

Our CEO, Fuad Mahamed, spoke with Joe Lemer all about what led him to found ACH, why we must do more to help newly arrived refugees and how ACH is working to build a better, brighter future for refugees in the UK... 

"Refugees and migrants want to contribute, they are not burdens to society. At ACH we aim to help people move into medium salary jobs, helping to transfer peoples existing skills to be relevant to UK job market."