Breaking Barriers Teams Up with Avallain and TeacherMatic to Support Volunteer Teachers and Refugees

London, July 2025 – Breaking Barriers, a UK-based charity dedicated to helping refugees access meaningful employment and education, has partnered with Avallain and TeacherMatic to enhance its English language support. 

As part of this collaboration, 30 volunteer teachers working with refugee learners will receive free access to TeacherMatic, including all AI generators and features designed specifically for language teaching.

Supporting Flexible, Learner-Centred Education

Breaking Barriers works with hundreds of refugees each year, many of whom face significant obstacles to attending in-person classes. Their network of volunteer teachers provides flexible English tuition tailored to each individual’s learning needs and life circumstances.

‘Attending mainstream in-person classes just isn’t possible for many of the people we support, due to their unique circumstances,’ says Ilaria Tarulli, Head of Language Programme of Breaking Barriers. ‘That is why our amazing community of volunteer, qualified teachers, who so generously give their time to offer flexible online tuition, is absolutely essential to what we do. TeacherMatic has become an invaluable tool in helping our tutors build tailored and effective English learning journeys for our students, truly supporting them to thrive and providing access to language tuition for those who might not otherwise have the opportunity.’

‘We are so grateful to Avallain for donating access to their platform and for choosing to start this journey with us. We can’t wait to see what we can achieve together – and what our clients go on to accomplish – through this exciting and meaningful collaboration!’

AI That Supports High-Quality, Ethical Language Teaching

TeacherMatic is an award-winning AI toolkit developed to unlock educators’ full potential while keeping ethics and learner safety at its core. While it supports teachers across subjects, its language teaching edition is valuable to language teachers of all kinds, including those working with refugee learners. It offers dozens of CEFR-aligned AI generators that help teachers quickly create accurate and engaging materials. 

From lesson planning to adapting content for specific levels and target audiences to generating constructive feedback and more, educators can accelerate their workflow while maintaining the highest quality. In a context where time, flexibility and individualisation are critical, these features make a meaningful difference for both learners and teachers.

‘It means a great deal to us that TeacherMatic is being used to support such an important mission,’ says Peter Kilcoyne, Managing Director of TeacherMatic. ‘Knowing that our AI toolkit is helping dedicated volunteers deliver high-quality, personalised language teaching reinforces our belief that AI should support, not replace, the work of great teachers and help unlock their full potential.’

Technology That Amplifies Impact

This partnership builds on Breaking Barriers’ commitment to learner-focused education and is supported by Avallain’s belief in ethical, human-centred technology. TeacherMatic helps reduce teachers’ preparation burden while enabling more personalised and targeted learning materials, a key factor when supporting individuals working toward integration, independence and long-term opportunity.

‘This collaboration with Breaking Barriers is a clear expression of what drives us,’ says Ursula Suter, Executive Chairwoman and Co-founder of Avallain. ‘We believe that technology and AI must always serve a purpose. This initiative reflects the power of responsibly developed edtech solutions to support education for all, especially those who face the greatest barriers.’