Old Spike Roastery - Barista Training

As a social enterprise, Old Spike’s primary mission is to help reduce homelessness in the UK through training and employment within speciality coffee. Whether that's assisting our head roaster at our roastery or working in one of our cafes as a barista, Old Spike are committed to supporting our trainees from training to employment.

With 65% of the profits we generate going back to supporting our social mission, we rely entirely on traded income to meet our social objectives. In partnership with our sister organisation Change Please, we have launched a state of the art barista training academy to offer a bespoke, 8 week course which offers our trainees the following support:

• Practical and theory based learning
• Mental health support
• Work readiness training
• Financial assistance with accommodation
• Post training employment 

Post training employment Once we feel each trainee is ready to step into the world of employment, we work with our employment partners to help place each graduate into a London Living Wage job.

To find out more about the training and on how to sign up, please contact Vicky at: vicky.richards@crisis.org.uk