Co-op Warm Spaces Funding Boost has provided £550 of match funding
Community Pop-Up Café; connecting the community
Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Aim
With additional funds we would like to involve more of the community in what we are doing.
Who we are
A community centre in the heart of the community in North Farnham, providing activities in response to the needs of our community. Activities include a youth centre for 11-19 year olds, a community cupboard and fridge, a community garden, Warm Hub sessions, craft activities, a seniors club, support for those with mental health issues, a Community Pop-Up Café and much more.
Why we are crowd funding
With additional funds we will be able to involve more people in what we are doing! We know from the feedback from those who support us – whether with funding or time – that they benefit in a number of ways too!
How we will spend the money raised
Hale Community Centre is a "Not for Profit" organisation that provides a safe, welcoming and inspiring space for the whole community. Our Pop-Up Community Cafe launched in April 2021 to run alongside and complement a newly acclaimed Community Fridge & Cupboard which opened the previous August to help those in need and minimise food waste.
Monies raised will enable us to continue to provide the special Wednesday Drop-in Sessions we host through our Pop-Up Community Café and help cover the increased costs of energy involved in running our twice weekly Warm Hub sessions, where visitors are guaranteed a warm welcome including a hot drink and a delicious pay-what-you-can lunch.
Community Wednesday sessions offer a programme of engaging events for people of all ages in the community. From 11.30am to 1.30pm on Wednesdays, visitors can partake of a hot lunch, prepared by our volunteers in our own kitchen using the food we get donated to us by local supermarkets, which otherwise would be thrown away.
We also endeavour to provide space to chat or play a board game, get information and help on benefits and bills etc in the Pop-In Space in the main hall. And there is also access to the Community Fridge & Cupboard between 12pm-1.30pm.
If the hustle and bustle isn't their cup of tea, they can take a moment to relax in our new Lounge area. Ideal for a moment of quiet, or if a safe space is needed to take some rest. For SEN we are also offer this area as a sensory space.
For further information, please refer to our website here
This project successfully funded on 27th February 2023