Community Cafe Reopening!

Known as the 'heart' of the Hillcrest Community Centre in Newhaven, the recently closed community cafe built connections, fostered community spirit, promoted local well-being, and provided low-cost, quality refreshments for over twenty-five years.

Havens Community Hub has leased the cafe, and it will re-open with a limited menu from Monday, 5th August, with a full opening planned for September, when they will also be opening a support hub in the Centre. Havens Community Hub supports, connects and creates projects where there is an unmet community need and has already formed Havens Community Cars volunteer driver service, Havens Happy Clubs for older people with complex needs and Havens Food Cooperative, which prevents the waste of over three tonnes of edible produce per week.

"Our ethos is to 'find a way, or make a way,'" said the Hub's founder, Paula Woolven, "we think that it is vital for the Centre to have a thriving cafe again, and basing our services there, too, makes perfect sense. We will be in the middle of the area that we cover—Saltdean to Seaford—and will be working hard with the Trustees, staff, and volunteers of the Hillcrest Centre to ensure the venue thrives fo generations to come."

For more information on the Hillcrest Centre, which is available for bookings, see www.hillcrestcentre.co.uk

For more information on Havens Community Hub, see www.havenscommunityhub.co.uk