Meet a Changemaker: Abdirahim Hassan, Founder, Coffee Afrik

As a lived experience practitioner, a survivor of Adverse Childhood Experiences, homelessness and problematic drugs, Abdirahim has used his life experience to empower others to reduce harm in their own lives. He is the founder of Coffee Afrik, a highly respected lived experience-led organisation which creates spaces where people can come together, connect, and feel a sense of belonging. It tackles deep-seated, difficult, and often taboo issues, including mental health, asylum rights, substance misuse and homelessness. Abdirahim believes that trauma affects people at both an individual and a collective level, and that communities have the power to heal from within. He hopes to witness thriving communities, regenerated estates and more love in policymaking.