Mar 22, 2023
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What if your morning
cup of coffee could alter people's lives?
Cemal Ezel is the
proud founder of Change Please, a social enterprise that helps
homeless people by training them to become baristas and providing
them with jobs. While on a sabbatical in Vietnam, the idea came to
him after visiting a tea house staffed by deaf and mute people. The
proceeds from the tea house were invested back into the staff's
well-being. Upon returning to London, he enrolled in the School of
Social Entrepreneurs after feeling unfulfilled in his role as a
commodities broker.
Since launching they
have won an array of awards, was voted Lloyd's Bank Social
Entrepreneur of the Year 2017, Natwest's SEUK Trailblazer Awards
2017, were awarded Best Coffee at the World Beverage Innovation
Awards, and Change Please was listed as one of Marketing Week's Top
100 Most Disruptive Brands 2017.
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