Let’s Talk About Race

Peter Jajua Brit Blog Artwork

Peter Jajua’s journey to a career in Insurance An internship in the summer of 2018 opened my eyes to the insurance sector and the opportunities within my reach, but also made me aware of the very evident lack of diversity.  I was born and raised in Hackney, East London, a diverse area where I attended … Read more

Being the Sulaiman I am

Being one of only a few people from an ethnic minority background is not indifferent to me. Originally from Harrow in North West London, I was around 11 years old when we moved up north to Doncaster. At the time a predominantly Caucasian town. One of my first memories of noticing a difference was my … Read more

White, Black, Asian, Other

By Delovan Ghafoor I was born in London, but I have always been Other. My parents are Iraqi Kurdish. They fled Kurdistan during the Gulf War and came to London in 1987 after spending a year in Iran. Stripped of the identities and privileges they’d had at home; they started their new lives from scratch. … Read more