Cafe to open at Coalshaw Green Park in Chadderton

Anna, who has been working with households in Oldham for 18 years, is already firmly established within the Oldham group resulting from her participation in The Massive Lunch, in addition to tasks like The Hope Programme which exhibits households the way to put together wholesome meals rapidly.

The park’s new cafe is not going to solely be serving quite a lot of cold and hot drinks and meals however can even have a rising hub the place residents can get entangled within the rising and cooking course of.

It’s hoped the undertaking will assist to teach households about recent, seasonal, and native produce.

Anna stated: “I need to create a secure house for the entire group to have entry to.

“WIFI stands for Wellbeing Enchancment Health Initiative, and I need the cafe to embody this ethos.

“Getting kids concerned within the rising and cooking of the meals shall be an enormous a part of the cafe plans and we’ll give out free meals to any little one who helps out.”

Anna Kennedy and Cllr Shah.

Cllr Graham Shuttleworth, who handed the lease of the unoccupied cafe to Anna alongside Oldham Council chief Arooj Shah, stated: “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 group 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.”

Cllr Arooj Shah stated: “Now Covid restrictions are beginning to ease we have to focus on connecting households in quite a lot of optimistic 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 shall be open by mid-Could.