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We are a work integration social enterprise providing training and employment opportunities to refugee and migrant women in Canberra, Australia.

Provide hospitality based employment to migrant and refugee women in Canberra who face multiple barriers to employment.

The UK’s re-offending rates are amongst the highest in the western world, and it’s costly on both a national and personal level. 46% of prisoners in England and Wales go on to commit another crime within one year of being released. Reoffending costs the Treasury an estimated £4.5 billion every year (£131,000 for every re-offender). Only 36% of prisoners manage to find work within two years of being released. If prisoners do find employment, they are 50% less likely to return to prison.

There is always a job for a good barista or roaster. That’s why we are doing this.

We want to show the coffee community and the world that a positive commercial environment can be created behind bars and that exceptional specialty coffee can come from places and people you wouldn’t expect.

As you would expect, we source coffee from multiple origins and farms across the world to find the best lots available.

We are able to source through direct trade, importers or collaborative importer partnerships. Whichever method we use, we have direct knowledge of the farms our coffees come from. All of them adhere to, and give warranties on, the strictest ethical principles.

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Several things: visit our coffee shops for coffee, brunch etc., come to an event and follow us on Instagram and Facebook to show your support.

If you are a donor and looking to make a donation to our charitable causes, please email hello@cafesteppingstone.com.

Alternatively, just tell people about us!