COMMUNITY CAFE

 

Our community café currently runs every Friday from 11am - 2pm, we are currently applying for funding to open the café more often as requested by our community.

In our café we have:

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*Free hot meal for all users, planned, shopped for, prepared and served by volunteers.

*Place to socialise for the community that is free (reduces social isolation)

*Friendly and welcoming for all ages

*Opportunity to drop in and get advice guidance and support from our community champion (debt, benefits, job search, PIP, CV’s etc)

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COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION PROJECTS

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Our community members are very keen to get involved in every aspect of our community provision, the majority of them want to be involved in community action project/social enterprise projects. Some of the projects they have decided are:

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THE FREE COMMUNITY SHOP

*Want it to be open 5 days per week

*  All items are donated by the community

*Some users donate small amounts of money that is then managed by volunteers and used to purchase needed items like compost (for community garden) or jars for home made jam.

*Local school donates lost property uniform at the end of each academic year, so a lot of users come in looking for uniforms

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FREE COMMUNITY CAFE

*Want it to be open 3 days per week

*Free hot meal for all users, planned, shopped for, prepared and served by volunteers.

*Place to socialise for the community that is free (reduces social isolation)

*Friendly and welcoming for all ages

*Opportunity to drop in and get advice guidance and support from our community champion (debt, benefits, job search, PIP, CV’s etc)

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FREE ONE POT PEG/COOKING WITH CASS

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*Want it to run for 37 weeks

* All residents from previous funding already have been given a slow cooker and required cooking utensils, herbs and spices etc.

*We will work with the Sunderland Healthy Living team for recipes to ensure all meals are balanced and nutritional.

*The residents are given enough food to create the meal for their entire family.

*The cooking will be on a budget so the meals can be replicated.

*Creates a family activity and encourages families to sit and eat together.

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FREE COMMUNITY GARDEN

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*Want it to be open 7 days per week

* Proven to be a great benefit for mental health

*All fruit and veg grown are either used in the community café, given to the community or used to produce jams and chutneys for the community

*volunteers have site codes so they can access and look after the crops 7 days a week at their own leisure (PYP building doesn’t have to be open)

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