Community integration

Get Set for a refugee success story. Amin finds full-time employment after a difficult start in the UK

Amin Qayoomi was originally a former employee of the British Embassy in Afghanistan before being made to flee hi...

19 September 2024

Community integration

Get Set for support. Our REP programme provides free training opportunities to help refugees find work and settle in their local community

As part of the integration process on our Refugee Employability Programme (REP), we provide fully funded trainin...

15 August 2024

Community integration

Refugee Employability Programme support refugees in overcoming language barriers

Our Refugee Employability Programme (REP) team have been busy supporting refugees across the East of England, by...

24 January 2024

Community integration

From homelessness to hope. The Get Set UK Refugee Employability Programme (REP) helps Salahalden find a home.

Salahalden (Salah) Sharaf aged 25, a refugee from Sudan was referred by the Job Centre to our REP service. Facin...

3 January 2024

Community integration

Amir is a Sudanese refugee in need of assistance. We are supporting him in beginning a new chapter in his life through the Work and Health Programme.

Amir arrived in the UK as a refugee five years ago. He has been unemployed since leaving Sudan in 2017. His Jobc...

29 September 2022

Community integration

An Afghan refugee required assistance in learning English and gaining employment. We assisted him in finding a new way to support himself and his family

Ismail is a 37-year-old Afghan man who joined the Restart Programme in January 2022. Ismail and his family arriv...

31 August 2022

Community integration

Read Catalin’s story to find out how we helped him overcome his barriers and find a new job.

Catalin Nita is a 46-year-old Romanian man. He had been unemployed for about two years after being made redundan...

12 July 2022

Community integration

Learn how we recently assisted an Afghan refugee who wants to start a new life in the UK and train to be a pilot.

The participant was a young Afghan refugee who came to the UK to have a better life after being forced to flee h...

26 May 2022