The Team

Bread & Roses was founded by Olivia Head, Sneh Jani-Patel and Olivia Wilson in 2016. The charity was born after they met a group of inspiring refugee and asylum-seeking women and learned about the challenges they faced rebuilding their lives in the UK.

Bread & Roses has always been run alongside full-time jobs. Today, Sneh Jani-Patel and Olivia Head remain involved in an advisory capacity, while the core London team is led by Olivia Wilson, joined by florists Emma Whitworth and Isabel Crossman. Our model has also been adapted by two sister organisations, du Pain et des Roses, in Paris and Nantes.

Since our inception, participants have been involved in the design and development of our programmes.