Open Doors Café based at Bicester Methodist Church
This week we joined the Open Doors Café based at Bicester Methodist Church. They provide a warm and comfortable space for people who can meet and make new friends. The cafe is open every Friday from 12pm to 1.30pm providing a free delicious meal.
When you arrive at the Café there are tables ready to receive people. Here are a few photos.
Here are photos of food that is produced weekly by Open Doors Café volunteers on the day.
The Open Doors Café are helping people on a number of fronts from tackling the energy crisis, isolation and loneliness and food poverty. People who need to give the heating a rest in their homes can come to the café and enjoy its warmth at no cost helping them reduce their energy bills.
The café is great for getting people out of their homes joining the café in a safe environment to have positive conversations with people. Nobody need be lonely.
The café is also helping people save money by providing them with a delicious free meal that can help reduce their food costs.
This is a fantastic social enterprise that is clearly helping people in Bicester. We witnessed over 50 people receiving food and enjoying company.
Would you like to volunteer?
The Open Doors Café are always on the look out for volunteers. If you are someone who has free spare time on a Friday afternoon, you would be warmly welcomed as a volunteer to help out. Volunteering has known benefits. Volunteering helps people with their mental health, self-esteem and can give a person a sense of pride helping the community.
Whatever the reason you may want to visit the café we highly recommend you do. If you want to learn more about the café visit their website linked below.