Coffee? Cake? Donate!

Aim

Donate what you’d spend in a café to support people with a learning disability to reach their career goals

At Unity Works we support people with a learning disability to access training, education, and improve their wellbeing, with the goal of entering employment.   

When lockdown hit last year, our five social enterprise cafes were forced to close to customers.  Our cafes exist to provide hands-on training opportunities to people with a learning disability who want to pursue a career in catering – but they also generate vital income to keep our work going. 

Lockdown meant we lost over six months’ of sales of coffees, cakes and lunches.    Now, we are slowly getting back on our feet, but we estimate that we’ve lost around £41,000 in trading profit: money that would have gone straight back into providing our life-changing support.

Unity Works supporters know how good people can be when they have the right opportunities.  You care about making the world more inclusive; and you show your commitment by eating at cafes that showcase the talents of people with a learning disability.  If you missed out on a coffee, a pastry, a snack or a lunch during lockdown – please make up for it now!  Choose an item or two from our menu; donate the price – and create the opportunities that change people’s lives.  Bon appetit!

Thank you.  Coffee by coffee, toastie by toastie, you’re giving people with a learning disability the opportunity to launch their careers.

This project successfully funded on 26th November 2021