Change Please is a social enterprise that aims to address the growing issue of homelessness and its damaging effect on individuals and society. Elior will also work with Change Please to identify apprenticeship opportunities throughout its business.
Justin Johnson, human resources director at Elior UK, said: “This commitment supports our ESG and social value goals while at the same time providing delicious, ethically sourced coffee for our clients and their customers.
“Our relationship with Change Please and this financial commitment underlines our determination to ensure that our recruitment and training programmes are socially responsible and inclusive and that we actively support and contribute to the local communities where we operate.”
Coffee beans at Change Please come from farms that support local communities and its coffee is served in 100% recyclable cups. On average every 562 cups of coffee sold generates enough money to pay for a day of barista training.
Cemal Ezel, founder and chief executive of Change Please, added: “Our partnership with Lexington has helped us to achieve our goal to change lives for the better by serving our award-winning coffee at many of its sites. It is wonderful that Elior UK is now providing additional support by making a significant investment to support our training programme and fund five trainees.”