Printed: Friday, twenty fifth March 2022
Thrilling occasions are forward for the at present unoccupied cafe at Coalshaw Inexperienced Park in Chadderton.
Oldham Council Chief Arooj Shah and Councillor Graham Shuttleworth have handed over the cafe lease to Anna Kennedy from WIFI Kitchen.
Anna, who has been working with households in Oldham for 18 years, is already firmly established within the Oldham neighborhood for her participation in The Huge Lunch, in addition to tasks like The Hope Programme which exhibits households easy methods to put together wholesome meals shortly.
The cafe won’t solely be serving quite a lot of cold and warm drinks and meals it is going to even have a rising hub the place residents can be inspired to get entangled within the rising and cooking course of. This may assist to educate households about recent, seasonal and native produce.
Anna mentioned, “I wish to create a secure house for the entire neighborhood to have entry to.
“WIFI stands for Wellbeing Enchancment Health Initiative and I would like the cafe to embody this ethos.
“Getting kids concerned within the rising and cooking of the meals can be an enormous a part of the cafe plans and we’ll give out free meals to any baby who helps out.
Councillor Graham Shuttleworth mentioned, “We all know the significance of getting a restaurant within the park and we’re excited to look at Anna’s plans take form.
“The cafe will serve the entire neighborhood in quite a lot of methods and can assist to advertise wholesome consuming and sustainability.
“The secret is making it an area everybody can faucet into.”
Oldham Council Chief Arooj Shah mentioned, “Now Covid restrictions are beginning to ease we have to focus on connecting households in quite a lot of constructive methods.
“By partaking in enjoyable and wholesome household actions that promote wellbeing in our public areas we consider it’s makes it simpler for households to entry them”
The park cafe can be open by mid-Might with a number of actions deliberate for the Queen’s Jubilee.