FOUNDED IN 2015
Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise fighting homelessness through the power of social enterprise and great tasting coffee. 100% of our profits help people experiencing homelessness in the UK & Ireland.
We train people experiencing homelessness to become baristas and support them with everything they need to turn their lives around – a living wage job, accommodation advice, therapy, bank account and onward employment opportunities.
FUELLING CHANGE
What started as a single coffee cart in Covent Garden has grown into a training programme that now supports people across the UK and Ireland. Building on our first Change Please training academy in Peckham, London, we deliver training to Speciality Coffee Association standards nationwide.
DRIVING FOR CHANGE
In 2021, we launched Driving for Change, which delivers vital services to the most vulnerable. The services our guests have access to include NHS and oral healthcare nurses, a hairdresser, social support, digital and financial literacy training and inclusion, financial advice, support with employment and much more
CHANGE PLEASE INTERNATIONAL
We are located all around the world, delivering impact in th UK & Ireland, France, the US, and Australia.
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GOVERNANCE
The Change Please (CIC) and the Change Please Foundation (CIO) operate separately but work closely together and share the same purpose of ending homelessness.
We use 100% of our profits from coffee sales to fund our mission and Impact Programmes. We never have, and never will, take money out of the business through director’s bonuses or dividends.
CHANGE PLEASE CIC
CEMAL EZEL
CEO & DIRECTOR
Cemal is the Founder and Co-CEO of Change Please CIC; his passion to tackle homelessness is the driving force behind our mission.
ROB GILLON
CO-CEO
Rob is the Co-CEO of Change Please CIC. His early involvement with the CIC & CIO through the Trafigura Foundation enabled the creation of the Change Please Training Academy, step-changing our impact. His continued support helps to further shape and deliver our life-changing mission.
ALISON EGAN
CFO & DIRECTOR
Alison is the CFO of Change Please CIC, a qualified ACA with Deloitte where she spent 9 years before becoming CFO for Jimmy Choo & LK Bennett. She met Cemal in 2017 and has been with Change Please ever since!
CHANGE PLEASE FOUNDATION, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Cemal Ezel, Rob Gillon and Alison Egan are also members of the Change Please Foundation Board of Trustees.
GLENN EARLAM
Glenn joined David Lloyd Leisure as CEO in 2015, later becoming Executive Chair in 2021. He also holds positions as Non-Executive Chair of TeamSport and Director of HB Leisure Ltd. Prior to his current roles, Glenn held various positions at Merlin Entertainments Group, including Managing Director for Midway Attractions, Director of Marketing at Alton Towers, and Divisional Director at Chessington World of Adventures and Thorpe Park.
JUSTIN ERWIN
Justin has over twenty-five years of experience in the charity and public sectors, starting in the press team at Samaritans before becoming Director of Services at ChildLine. He specialises in governance consultancy and interim leadership, focusing on UK social issues such as poverty alleviation, equity creation, and mental health improvement, particularly in organizations serving young people and children.
NIMESH SHAH
Nimesh became CEO of Blick Rothenberg in 2020, with close to two decades of experience in personal tax, he specialises in advising entrepreneurs across diverse industries on personal and corporate tax affairs throughout their business life cycles. Actively engaging in shaping UK tax policy, he advocates for simplification and reduced barriers to entrepreneurship.
THEY TRUST US
