For those people that get to know me they will find out about my passion for food, hospitality, catering and also social enterprise. The former stems from my original career choice and training to become a chef many years ago. The interest in social enterprise comes from seeing them using business to do social and / or environmental good.
The concept and idea of social enterprises didn’t exist as it does now back then or at least was not labelled as such; yet the social and environmental issues that many are created to help resolve existed. There are many social enterprises that help many disadvantaged groups, communities whether locally or internationally through food, drink and especially coffee shops and cafes. I discovered a great resource recently in the form of The Café Hustle podcasts https://thecafehustle.com/, a range of interviews and advice sessions created and curated by Andy Jones who ran his own coffee shop in Onchan on the Isle of Man and now is a well-respected expert and supporter of other coffee shop owners and operators. After connecting with him on social media and listening to his podcasts, Andy invited me to share my thoughts on social enterprises and how cafes and coffee shops can engage more with their local communities to help support them. I also share resources I created through Bridge To Hospitality, a website to help raise awareness of what charities and social enterprises there are in hospitality, how they help each other and the wider hospitality industry and opportunities to improve skills and knowledge. Follow the link here to listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ukWZzoUaSc6cxzNkNVxGI but also available on other podcast streaming sites. This was a stretch in more ways than one as I have a covert stammer and have oftentimes put myself into situations where I challenge myself through speaking opportunities. So if this helps others with a similar speech impediment to stretch and develop themselves, it will have achieved on multiple levels.
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