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Our most recent Welcome Guest coffee, African moon is from Agri Evolve, Uganda 🇺🇬 Agri Evolve is a profit for purpose business, in Uganda, which offers an outlet for farmers to sell their unprocessed coffee, take ownership of the quality control and together improve the reputation of the coffee produced in the Rwenzori. Agri Evolve rapidly expanded to become the largest employer in the Kisinga Region, bringing new economic stability and job opportunities to the community. This growth was driven by an ever increasing reputation for high-quality coffee from the Rwenzori Mountains. With a focus on staff empowerment and education Johnny, the owner, has managed to build the team to over 80 skilled individuals from the local area, sourcing and processing coffee from thousands of farmers across the Rwenzori mountains. This has produced an ethical and delicious coffee which is not only helping people at origin but helps people in UK with 100% of the profits going toward fighting homelessness. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/errbQNs6 #changeplease #welcomeguest #coffeesubscription

Introducing African Moon, our choice for January’s Welcome Guest coffee. African Moon is a well-rounded, clean Ugandan Coffee, producing flavour notes of Plum, Cashew and Brown Sugar. Learn more about this delicious coffee and the farm it comes from here: https://lnkd.in/errbQNs6 Subscribe now and get 20% off your first three months or buy as a one off at Changeplease.org #changeplease #coffeesubscription

Calling all Change Makers!   We’re seeking a dynamic and creative Communications and Content Executive to join our team and help us share our mission and impact with the world. If you’re passionate about driving social change, skilled at crafting compelling content, and thrive in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you. Read more about this fantastic opportunity here. https://lnkd.in/eCuta-4M

Happy New Year! 🎉 Hear from Change Please Founder and Co-CEO, Cemal Ezel OBE as he looks to the future and shares why it is still so important that we continue to support people experiencing homelessness. Here’s to even more impact and change in 2025 🥂 #changeplease #happynewyear

Merry Christmas from all of us at Change Please 🎄 Thank you to everyone who has continued to support us over the past year, your dedication to our mission of fighting homelessness through employment and great tasting coffee has meant we have been able to help more people than ever. Hear from Managing Director, Ken Love, as he extends his gratitude and looks back on some of the amazing accomplishments your support has made happen this year! #changeplease #changepleasefoundation #merrychristmas

Nuffield Health have been a proud supporter of Change Please since 2023 Beyond serving our award-winning coffee, Nuffield Health have gone above and beyond to support our trainees. This year Nuffield have: •Provided physio appointments for clients on the Driving For Change buses in Croydon and Wandsworth. •Organised four yoga sessions for Change Please trainees. •Opened up their Joint care programme to Change Please trainees (so far 17 people have been referred to the programme). Learn more about our impact at changeplease.org #changeplease #changepleasefoundation #nuffieldhealth

Homelessness is not just for Christmas, it’s 365 days a year! This is why we work with our amazing charity and referral partners all year round, helping us reach people who need our support and who are ready to get back into the world of work and onto our Barista Training Programme. One of these referral partners is Ace of Clubs, a homeless charity based in Clapham who provide essential support, food, clothing, laundry services and much more to those experiencing homelessness. We know how valuable it is for everyone to work together and the power in partnership, so if you would like to extend your support for those experiencing homelessness in 2025 beyond buying Change Please coffee, Ace of Clubs is accepting volunteers now. Applications can be found at https://lnkd.in/dAR5G5Vi

Onward employment is the ultimate goal for our trainees, to achieve this we work with many of our partners to open-up opportunities and hire our graduates. One of these employment partners is @ParkSports, who have hired some of graduates into their cafés. Hear from Dean, Head of Operations at Park Sports, as he shares his experience in becoming an employment partner and why he would recommend it to other companies: "The catering side of Park Sports is not our sole revenue stream, making it crucial to collaborate closely with industry experts. Over the years, we have established strong relationships with leading products, brands, suppliers, and recruiters. Since partnering with Change Please as our designated charity, we have worked closely with their team and successfully placed some of their trainees into our cafés. These employees have been nothing short of exceptional. Their high level of engagement and training reflects the quality of Change Please’s Training and Employment Programme.” Learn more about our impact and coffee at changeplease.org #changeplease #changepleasecoffee #parksports #onwardemployment

Employability workshops are an essential step in our trainee's journey, setting them up for success when finding onward employment. During the workshops trainees take part in mock interviews, these are 20 minute 1:1 sessions which provides trainees with real life interview experience and a chance to improve their interview skills. After completing the mock interviews, trainees are given constructive feedback in front of the group. The reason for this is because we believe that feedback is invaluable, and listening to feedback other people received is still helpful so that trainees can apply it to their own approach in interviews. This also creates an environment that is safe and helps them understand that constructive criticism allows us to become the best version of ourselves, as well as allowing trainees to take the time to celebrate their own wins in front of other people. This overall means that they can walk away from the session feeling extremely proud of what they achieved. Thanks to Niamh Rutherford and Rachel Arthur from Lexington Catering for hosting our latest mock interviews. To help continue workshops like these mock interviews in 2025, buy Change Please coffee today at changeplease.org #changeplease #changepleasefoundation #employabilityworkshops

Throughout the barista training programme, trainees will work at different Change Please coffee bars across London, giving them the chance to experience different working environments and variety of skills from different trainers. Hear from Zeme as he shares his experience at change please so far:    “My training with Change Please has been brilliant, I have learned a lot and the trainers and other staff I worked with are supportive. So far, I have already been into 3 different sites, all the trainers were helpful and keen share to their coffee knowledge. Circulating between the different branches helped me to develop different skills. I have found I learn at least new aspect of coffee from each trainer.  After the course I plan to work as a barista full time. The Journey with Change Please is the foundation for my future.” #changeplease #baristatraining