Hello everyone! Aashifa here, I am the new barista trainer at Well Grounded, I’m sure you’ve seen me floating around Well Grounded in many different capacities, but it is my absolute delight to introduce myself to you today and to write my first official blog-post about a subject that I feel so strongly about. Yep,
Coffee and community Welcome to the third and final post in our series on “The power of coffee”. The first blog post explored the ways in which coffee can be an empowering tool for personal transformation and the second reviewed the impact of connecting the industry with a diverse talent pool. For part three we’ll
It’s that time of year where I get to look back at all the amazing achievements of our trainees, Graduates and the team. I feel exceptionally lucky to work with such incredible partners. Thank you for being part of our journey. Our year in numbers: 1.Training, accreditation and jobs We have supported 116 trainees
Left to right - Eve our Founder with a panel of graduates, Gabriel, Louise, Rasha & Aashifa at London Coffee Festival Building a Coffee Community A few weeks ago we launched our three-part series which addressed how we use coffee as a tool to empower individuals, benefit the coffee industry and create a
Mental Health in the workplace This week saw World Mental Health Day 2018. According to the mental health charity Mind, one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. This blog addresses the relationship between mental health and working in hospitality, and identifies strategies to support mental health in
The Power of Coffee As you might have guessed, we’re pretty keen on coffee here at Well Grounded. On #InternationalCoffeeDay we’re celebrating the power of coffee to transform lives. Coffee is diverse and means something different to all of us. For some it’s taken milky with sugar, for others it’s straight up black. Regardless
Empowering women through social enterprise On International Women’s Day we are reflecting on the role social enterprise can have on female empowerment. In this article, we look at diversity, social enterprise and showcase the women we have supported through Well Grounded. I (Eve) started Well Grounded in 2016, with my sole objective being to make
Dale Harris winning World Barista Championship 2017 in Seoul. Image credit Coffee Business World. Catapult your career in coffee with competitions The current World Barista Champion is the UK’s Dale Harris, wholesale director at Has Bean, a coffee roastery in Stafford. World champ. 1st place out of 7 billion! Or, more accurately, out
Is social enterprise the future? In 2015 I quit my job in charity management to start something I wasn’t sure would actually work, all I knew was that there must be a way I could connect my love of coffee with my commitment to social change. It was at that point that I started my
To celebrate a very successful 8-week Specialty Barista Traineeship in partnership with Gather & Gather, our graduates ran a pop-up cafe inside La Marzocco HQ in London. We were pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming support from all our friends and partners who came along, not to mention all our previous graduates. It was truly
