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Change Please

Change Please CIC

London, United Kingdom

Housing & HomelessnessEmployment & Skills
Social enterpriseFounded 2015International reach
Profile last updated: August 11, 2026

About

Founded in 2015, Change Please is a social enterprise based in London, United Kingdom working on housing & homelessness, employment & skills.

Change Please is a UK-based social enterprise that uses specialty coffee sales to fund training and employment for people experiencing homelessness. It trains people to become baristas, supports them towards living wage jobs with accommodation, therapy and banking support, and operates Driving for Change, a mobile service for people experiencing homelessness. Its sister entity, the Change Please Foundation, is a registered charity in England & Wales and Scotland that runs the Impact Programmes. The organisation states that 100% of its coffee profits go to its mission and that no profits are taken out as director bonuses or dividends. It operates in the UK and Ireland, with activity also referenced in France, the United States and Australia.

Location

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2015

Organisation type

Social enterprise

Legal form

CIC

Legal name

Change Please CIC

Focus areas

homelessnesssocial enterprisespecialty coffeebarista trainingemploymentethical coffee

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Housing & HomelessnessEmployment & Skills

Works for

Homeless people

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmes

Programmes

Barista Training Programme

Employment & Skills · United Kingdom, Ireland

Trains people experiencing homelessness to Speciality Coffee Association standards and supports them into living wage barista jobs, with accommodation advice, therapy and onward employment support.

Driving for Change

Housing & Homelessness · United Kingdom

Repurposed London buses delivering services to people experiencing homelessness, including NHS and oral healthcare nurses, a hairdresser, social support, digital and financial literacy training, financial advice and employment support.

Farms to Futures

Community development

Sourcing programme working with Cyahinda Coffee Washing Station and local farming families in Nyamasheke, Rwanda, using sustainable coffee cultivation practices.

Countries of operation

United KingdomIrelandFranceUnited StatesAustralia

Funding & support

Funded by

Earned income

Ways to support

DonateShopCorporate partnership

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

Certified B Corporation

Issued by: B Lab

Awards

UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025 Winner

UK Social Enterprise Awards2025

The London Homelessness Awards 2025

The London Homelessness Awards2025

HSJ Partnership Awards 2023

HSJ2023

Partnerships

Trafigura Foundation, Colgate, Google, Sodexo, Virgin Atlantic, Savoy, Everyman, Nuffield Health, Barratt, WeWork, Sage, Compass, GLA

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