As a means of helping the community post lockdown, the Open Door Community Cafe is offering everyone the chance to pay what you can for food and drink.

The menu is the same; a mixture of sandwiches, paninis, omelettes, jacket potatoes, main meals, breakfasts and specials such as roast dinners and fish and chips, as well as cakes and hot drinks; but the means of payment has changed. Once youve ordered, you simply place your money in a donations box rather than pay at the till. If you want to pay normal prices, they will be displayed on the menu, if you want to pay more to support the work of Open Door, it will be gratefully received, but if youre financially struggling off the back of lockdown, and need to pay less, or even nothing at all, you are welcome to, and all payments will be anonymous.

We have been supporting our community in a variety of ways since the start of the pandemic, and have seen just how hard it has hit many people, with loss of jobs, debt, relationship breakdown, and in some cases, homelessness. We felt that offering everyone the chance to pay what you can, anonymously, would hopefully take any stigma away from asking for help. We understand this has been an extraordinarily difficult time for many people and we just want to say to everyone, you are welcome at our community caf. Whether youve never been to us before or have been coming to us for years, whatever you can afford to pay, you are welcome.

The Open Door Community Caf is open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 9:30am and 3:30pm, located on Church Street opposite the Royal Mail parcel collection office. It is open to everyone, with additional support available if needed. Additional support includes 1:1 support with homelessness, housing, unemployment, debt, domestic abuse, relationship breakdown, parenting issues, mental illness, and addiction; counselling; free food/clothes/sleeping bags/baby supplies; and laundry/showers.