Love Welcomes: Designing the awards for the Displaced Talent Mobility Awards Ceremony in the UK

Words by Paulina Bitar, photography by Louise Dixon.

The Love Welcomes team was commissioned to design and produce the awards and favors that the evening attendees and lucky winners will be taking home

Talent Beyond Boundaries and Fragomen have collaborated with Love Welcomes, a UK-based social enterprise, for the design and development of the awards to be given on the upcoming Displaced Talent Mobility Awards Reception taking place in London on February 23, 2023. 

Love Welcomes was launched in 2017 to respond to the refugee emergency in Greece and since then has continued to grow into multiple locations, providing support in both refugee camps and to those who have been resettled. The London-based team of women artisans come from different parts of the world and bring their culture into the creation of upcycled crafts and handmade home products to then be sold across the world through their website.

We are delighted to share stories of hope and solidarity, and to partner with causes and organizations that have aligned values to TBB’s ethos of supporting refugees and displaced people through employment and talent mobility. Love Welcomes is positively changing lives through the employment, upskilling and support they provide to their employees. As stated by one of their team members: 

“Love Welcomes is my first real job in the UK.  I have been a refugee since 2020. Love Welcomes has given me the opportunity to challenge my skills and creativity.  It is a home for me, and I am happy to be working as part of the Love Welcomes team and refugee community.  I am also happy that the work is supporting other refugees like myself.”  - Angela, from St. Lucia.

If you would like to know more about the work of Love Welcomes and take a look at their range of products, please visit their website.