Continuity of Hope Street Community Cafe

The environment

Throughout our cause, we've used surplus food from Coop to create wholesome meals that helps to keep our prices affordable, which also enables us to feed those in financial hardship for free. We've provided individuals and families with detergent, toiletries, cosmetics, nearly new clothes, household appliances, and furniture that have been donated to save what would usually go into landfill. The community spend hours in the café and hub, which means there's less fuel being used, which not only saves the person financially, but also the economy.

The local economy

Employed 2 staff who are both in recovery, which has saved the statutory purse thousands that they were claiming in benefits.

Volunteering, jobs & education

Our project has enabled us to provide volunteer opportunities to 14 young people, and 21 adults who all have lived experience of mental health inequalities. 15 participated in orange button suicide prevention and dementia friends training. 3 are now employed in the cafe. 1 on a full-time contract and 2 on 15-hours per week, with 8-hours voluntary.

Arts, culture & heritage

We have been working in collaboration with Ormskirk Local District History Society to develop bi-weekly workshops

Activity, health and leisure

We've started a wellbeing walk and talk, and took groups of individuals and families on camping retreats where they climbed hills, walked up tarns, and swam in waterfalls.