Change Please
Change Please CIC
London, United Kingdom
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.
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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.
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Certified B Corporation
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UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025 Winner
The London Homelessness Awards 2025
HSJ Partnership Awards 2023
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Trafigura Foundation, Colgate, Google, Sodexo, Virgin Atlantic, Savoy, Everyman, Nuffield Health, Barratt, WeWork, Sage, Compass, GLA
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