A man who has battled mental health issues has started a social enterprise firm aimed at helping others.
Michael Ellis’s Wellbeans Coffee is coffee with a purpose – to promote and support wellbeing.
Michael, 25, from Troon, Ayrshire, said: “There is always hope no matter how low you get.”
Michael, who now lives in Edinburgh, graduated in business management and marketing at Heriot Watt University in 2020 and is working in sales for Red Bull but he also runs Wellbeans, selling coffee and ploughing some of the profits into mental health charities.
Every bag of coffee the firm sells, a share of the profits is donated to the Scottish Association for Mental Health.
Michael knows first-hand how bad things can get. At 17, one of his best pals took his own life.
He said: “Losing someone at that age makes you realise it could happen again.”
When he was at university…
