Combat 2 Coffee – Changing lives one sip at a time

Changing lives one sip at a time

The first Bigger Breakfast to honour the silent heroes among us

Monday 7th July, 12:16pm

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On Tuesday 24th June, during Armed Forces Week, we co-hosted the first-ever Bigger Breakfast at Ipswich YM Rugby Club alongside our Patron and football legend, Terry Butcher. The morning brought together over 500 community members, including serving military personnel, veterans, cadets, and their families, who shared breakfast in an atmosphere of...

Our Patron, Terry Butcher, To Host The Bigger Breakfast For 1,000 People in Recognition of Military Families

Wednesday 14th May, 11:32am

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Our Patron and football legend Terry Butcher is shining a spotlight on a long-overlooked group — the families of military personnel who are indirectly affected by mental health challenges. On Tuesday 24th June, during Armed Forces Week, the former England and Ipswich Town captain will co-host The Bigger Breakfast at Ipswich...

ESS and Combat2Coffee join forces to launch new coffee shop at Whitehall

Monday 10th February, 11:46am

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We have partnered with ESS, a leading provider of foodservice and facilities management to military establishments across the UK, to open a new coffee shop within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Whitehall building. The official launch of the shop took place on 4th February, attended by the Minister for Veterans...

Unveiling the UK's first portable roastery

Monday 6th January, 11:07am

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We are proud to have unveiled the UK’s first ever portable coffee roastery. The bespoke roastery will enable us to increase the scale of our operations – increasing coffee production to fund our vital veterans’ outreach services. Dozens of guests from across the coffee industry and third sector met at the our...

Meet the team: Our Founder Nigel Seaman

Tuesday 3rd December, 2:45pm

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Setting up Combat2Coffee hasn’t just been a labour of love for Nigel Seaman – it has been a key part of his ongoing recovery journey. It was 2018 when Nigel took the leap and launched Combat2Coffee, marking a major milestone in his continuing journey to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He...

Veterans’ families ‘cast adrift’ by lack of government support, says Terry Butcher

Wednesday 26th June, 8:53am

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Ex-England captain and Combat2Coffee patron Terry Butcher said families of veterans with mental ill health will continue to be ‘cast adrift’ without dedicated government support. The former Ipswich Town and Rangers defender has helped us launch the “Beyond the Uniform” campaign, calling on the government to go further in its support...

Volunteer

We are proud to be a volunteer-led organisation, where the number of volunteers outweighs the number of employees.

Our Coffee

Our premium coffee beans are directly sourced and sustainably traced from a family run farm in Brazil.

Our Company

Our mission is to improve the mental health, wellbeing and outcomes for veterans, ex-uniformed personnel, their families and communities. We do this by roasting and selling the best Brazilian coffee and investing the profits in high impact outreach programmes, education, training and development.

Our Impact

We show people how their lives could be different by providing them with immediate, practical help and signposting them to services they may need, such as mental health support, physical wellbeing, jobs, training or housing.

Get support

We provide safe, non-judgmental places for veterans and ex-uniformed services personnel struggling with their mental health and wellbeing to start conversations and gain immediate and practical help. This includes referrals to counselling, other avenues for support and training for work – so they gain a new sense of purpose, identity and hope.

Our Services

We offer a range of services including veteran and prison outreach, barista academy training and event hire.

Where will we be?

26 August

NSFT Veterans Support Group

The Combat2Coffee outreach team are in attendance of the NSFT Veterans Support Group.

01 September

Pauls Sports & Social Club Community Coffee Morning

02 September

NSFT Veterans Support Group

The Combat2Coffee outreach team are in attendance of the NSFT Veterans Support Group.

06 September

Bury St Edmunds Veterans Breakfast

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