Posts by Christine Hooper

Warm Welcome Space

Warm Welcome Space is a nationwide initiative www.warmwelcome.uk With many people struggling to pay their heating bills, we are going to try to help by providing a warm space where people can relax and enjoy some warmth, a hot drink and companionship. Each day in the Shirley area there will be a church open to offer the same welcoming comfort. Churches Together…

CONNECT UPDATE DECEMBER 2020

MAKE AND BREW CAFE The cafe is now up and running!  It looks really good, it feels really nice and is spacious and a comfortable place to be in.  Due to Covid rules we can only meet in the cafe with people from the same household at the moment. Kirsty and her team have been really busy doing what they do best,…

CONNECT UPDATE OCTOBER 2020

We have the keys back from the builders and the area where Make and Brew will be is almost ready to use.  Furniture has been assembled this week by our lovely ‘Mens’ Shed’ team and the floor has had a special clean. Kirsty has been in and there is a brand new coffee machine!

CONNECT UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2020

.MAKE AND BREW.      We were hoping to share a late September reopening date with you this week, but sadly the building work completion has been pushed back 2 weeks, and whilst this is disappointing for us, we are still so excited to get into the new space and to welcome you all!! We cannot wait to get pouring the coffees…

CONNECT UPDATE AUGUST 2020

An exciting visit to the cafe space today accompanied by one of our lovely skilled builders, Steve! It was good to see the under floor heating pipes/tubes being laid ready for those chilly days to come, hard to imagine being chilly at the moment though!  If you zoom in on the photo you might see the tubes. The walls are freshly plastered…