Ground Level Cafe is a social enterprise providing marketable skills and training to at-risk and street-involved youth located in Toronto. An initiative of Ground Level Ventures, the cafe specifically hires young people without the skills necessary to attain substantial, sustainable employment.
Located in the Parkdale neighborhood, the Ground Level Cafe only uses fair trade certified coffee, as per Ground Level Youth Ventures policy. The cafe utilizes innovative models of peer mentoring and encourages healthy lifestyle choices, as well as enlists the help of resource people and skilled volunteers to provide guidance around personal budgeting, time management, housing concerns and resume-building.
Contact Information
Ground Level Youth Ventures website
Ground Level Cafe on Facebook
Ground Level Cafe on Twitter
What's Driving This Trend
- Personal Development Cafes
- Creating social enterprises that provide marketable skills and training to at-risk youth through cafes.
- Fair-trade Coffee
- Promoting the use of ethically sourced ingredients in cafes.
- Peer Mentoring
- Introducing innovative models of peer mentoring in cafes to encourage healthy lifestyles and provide guidance around personal budgeting, time management and resume-building.
Who This Affects Most
- Hospitality Industry
- Creating socially responsible cafes that provide opportunities for at-risk youth.
- Coffee Industry
- Promoting the use of ethically sourced ingredients in cafes.
- Educational Industry
- Introducing innovative models of peer mentoring in cafes to provide guidance around personal budgeting, time management and resume-building.
