Hideout café partnered
with Cardiff University’s Community Gateway project has started a ten-week
breakfast club for low income families and those affected by COVID.
Moseem Suleman
who helps to run Hideout café at the Grangetown Pavilion said: “We are always
looking for opportunities in which we can benefit people and get people to come
into this building, to come into this coffee shop which is inclusive for
everyone.”
When asked how
many have been attending Moseem said “On average 60-90 individuals during the
week” from a variety of different backgrounds, from Asylum seekers to Eastern
European migrants.
The food
provided by the breakfast club is made fresh for each customer, hot and ready
to go as they choose from its menu.
So far, the
feedback Moseem had received has been positive. “People have said that it is so
useful to have breakfast in the morning, the kids are happy to go to school.”
He said.
“Everytime I
start these things I think people are not going to come, once the word gets out
so many people come and access it.” He said.
Lynne Thomas from
Cardiff University, who is part of the Community Gateway project at the Pavilion
has been involved in its funding.
She describes
how the breakfast club is supported by the National Lottery Awards For All
programme.
“Grange
Pavilion is proud to support our local community in difficult times and is
incredibly grateful to our funders for enabling the project. The response of
individuals in Grangetown has been incredible, many of whom have donated money
towards the breakfast club to secure its future after the funded period, which
ends at Christmas. It’s a special place and we are delighted to play our part.” She said.
If interested in donating towards the breakfast club, follow the link to the
bottom of the home page
https://grangepavilion.wales/
If you want to attend the breakfast club register at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-breakfast-club-tickets-128103383669
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