Boss and Brew Academy | Boss and Brew Academy

Any visit where you can get a great cup of coffee is always a pleasure, and this visit at Boss and Brew Academy really delivered on that!

Boss and Brew is a social enterprise run by founder Natalie Hodgkinson, and it does a lot more than just great coffee.

Natalie trains young people in the skills of making coffee, and the transferrable service skills needed for jobs right across the hospitality sector. To date, she’s trained dozens of people from communities in Cardiff, and the majority of those she’s trained have come from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds.

I visited her at her space in the Wales Millennium Centre, which I was delighted to hear she had moved into recently.

And a further update: Natalie’s work has now been recognised through a Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award - an awards scheme which recognises outstanding individuals making a difference in their community. You can read more here.

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Mae unrhyw ymweliad lle gallwch gael paned wych o goffi yn bleser, ac fe wnaeth yr ymweliad hwn â Boss and Brew Academy gyflawni hynny!

Mae Boss and Brew yn fenter gymdeithasol sy’n cael ei rhedeg gan y sylfaenydd Natalie Hodgkinson, ac mae’n cynnig llawer mwy na dim ond coffi gwych.

Mae Natalie yn hyfforddi pobl ifanc yn y sgiliau o wneud coffi, a’r sgiliau gwasanaeth trosglwyddadwy sydd eu hangen mewn swyddi ar draws y sector lletygarwch. Hyd yma, mae hi wedi hyfforddi dwsinau o bobl o gymunedau yng Nghaerdydd, ac mae’r rhan fwyaf o’r rheini y mae hi wedi’u hyfforddi wedi dod o gefndiroedd Du, Asiaidd neu leiafrifoedd ethnig.

Ymwelais â hi yn ei lleoliad yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru, ac roeddwn yn falch o glywed iddi symud i mewn i’r lleoliad yn ddiweddar.

A diweddariad pellach: Mae gwaith Natalie bellach wedi cael ei gydnabod drwy Wobr ‘Points of Light’ y Prif Weinidog – cynllun gwobrwyo sy’n cydnabod unigolion rhagorol sy’n gwneud gwahaniaeth yn eu cymuned. Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma.