Breaking Barriers
Ciara Devlin is a Chief Executive Officer at Breaking Barriers, a specialist employment charity. Prior to this role, Ciara served as a Trustee at Brighter Futures Zambia, a charity fighting poverty in Zambia, a Senior Consultant at Living Goods, and a Deputy Director at The Death Penalty Project. Ciara has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, including roles as Head of Place-based Programmes at Crisis, Project Manager at Frontline - Changing Lives, and 50th Anniversary Programme Director at Crisis. Ciara holds a MA Hons degree in French from the University of Glasgow and a postgraduate degree in Leadership and Management in Housing and Homelessness from London Southbank University.
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Breaking Barriers
Breaking Barriers is a specialist refugee employment charity. Enabling refuges to build new lives. Step by step. We believe in the power of responsible businesses. We welcome refugees into meaningful employment with one-to-one advice and guidance, education and training. Helping people find financial independence, purpose and identity through work. Together, we’ll forge innovative partnerships and share knowledge to inspire more social impact. If you believe in an inclusive society, in the power of people over prejudice and in the opportunities of the future over misfortune of the past, join our mission. Are you a refugee? Let us help. There are no pre-conditions to working with us – visit https://breaking-barriers.co.uk/refugee-support/ to book an initial appointment Are you a business? Our business and corporate partners recognise the benefits of working with refugees: reduced recruitment costs, remarkably high retention rates, and contribution to corporate responsibility to name just a few. If you’re a business that wants to offer jobs, training or work placements to refugees, or just to find out more about us, visit https://breaking-barriers.co.uk/partnerships/corporates/ http://www.breaking-barriers.co.uk/ We believe that everyone is entitled to the same opportunities, regardless of where they come from. Refugees flee to the UK in fear; they flee from persecution; they flee from unimaginable suffering; they flee from war. By offering refugees the same opportunities as everyone else, we can empower them to rebuild their lives.