Natalie Hodgkinson

Natalie is the founder of Boss & Brew Academy, a social enterprise using specialty coffee to tackle youth unemployment in Cardiff. Through a drop-in project backed by Skylark Roasters and the wider Cardiff coffee scene, she's built a genuine community where young people gain skills, confidence, and connections that open doors to work. Boss & Brew is a fierce supporter of the indies and collaborates with industry and third sector organisations to confront a hard truth, that coffee's future won't be inclusive unless we actively make space for the communities who've been left out of the conversation.