Change Please
Careers at Change Please
What is Change Please?
Since 2010, homelessness has doubled in the UK. Now, over 4,000 people sleep rough every night. This is unacceptable.
ChangePlease believes that the nation’s love of coffee is so strong - it could be just what we need to end homelessness once and for all.
The average Londoner treats themselves to two cups every single day. Demand is rising – by the end of the decade the number of UK coffee outlets is set to hit 21,000, creating over 100,000 jobs.
Despite this, the industry is facing a huge skills shortage, not just in the UK, but around the world. Are you thinking what we’re thinking?
If the homeless community addressed this shortage - homelessness could become a thing of the past.
ChangePlease is empowering the homeless community by training them to be baristas. We provide full barista training, jobs paying London Living Wage and support with housing, bank accounts and mental wellbeing.
We're a social enterprise staffed by the homeless, to help the homeless, because really good coffee doesn't just taste good - it does good too.
"If we can just get a small proportion of coffee drinkers to simply change where they buy their coffee, we could really change the world." Cemal Ezel, Change Please, Founder.
Escape's take on Change Please
Social enterprise Change Please has come a long way since its launch in 2015 with a single coffee cart in Covent Garden. Now operating in four countries, with sites all over London and the UK, Change Please is shaking up the coffee industry to support people out of homelessness. The team behind the organisation told us how they love coming to work every day, with passionate leaders and a collaborative environment. With reviews like that it’s no surprise Change Please had the highest people score in this year’s top 100.
Stats we are proud of
100%
We reinvest 100% of our profits in our mission
250
We have worked with over 250 people since launching
100
We pay all our Trainees the London Living Wage
Behind the scenes
Benefits & progressive ways of working
Flexible working
Working hours
Flex hours
Nomad friendly
Remote - Europe
What the team says
Best for...
(as reviewed by current employees)
- 📣 Mission & Purpose 24
- 👩👧👧 Team members 19
- 👭 Inclusivity 14
- 🏖 Flexibility 9
- 📖 Opportunities to learn 6
- ⛑ Employee wellbeing 4
- 🤩 Flat hierarchy 4
- 😎 Autonomy 2
* Employees annoymously reviewed this organisation as part of our Escape 100: Top Organisations to escape to campaign.
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Leo
Mar 2022
Overall
Great team, great vibe, great cause! - LH
Laurence Higgens
Mar 2022
📣 Mission & Purpose
Love supporting people experiencing homeless into better lives
⛑ Employee wellbeing
Extra training and support for staff to help people cope with work
👩👧👧 Team members
Can't imagine a better group of people to work alongside!
Overall
Changing the world day by day! 
Employee
Mar 2022
👩👧👧 Team members
Our team is incredibly supportive of each other at all levels of the business and the belief in our mission to reduce homelessness creates an amazing team spirit!
📣 Mission & Purpose
Change Please was created with the mission to reduce homelessness and this is at the core of everything we do. Allowing our customers to make a real difference to people through their every day purchases. We are recognised by our customers and the industry for delivering social impact through business and since it was founded, the business has gone from strength to strength with an amazing vision for the future.
📖 Opportunities to learn
There is a culture of innovation and we are encouraged to bring new ideas to the table and learn along the way with lots of different projects to get involved in.
Overall
Change Please is breaking boundaries in delivering social change through business. This innovative model is recognised by our customers and the industry as being incredibly innovative and offering a way for consumers to make a real difference through their every day purchasing decisions. The team believes in the mission and work hard together to deliver it,. The team is happy, positive and motivated, led by our inspirational founder and senior team.
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