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Closed 31/12/2019
Weʼve raised £474 to help get our community cafe up and running
- Funded on Tuesday, 31st December 2019
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We are keen to get the cafe at The Bureau Centre for the Arts , Blackburn, up and running, and we need your help.
The Bureau is a vibrant Arts Centre in the heart of Blackburn. We are based in an old church (the image is some of the stunning windows in what will be our cafe area) which provides a versatile space for arts activities, theatre, music, cultural events and community participation. It is a not for profit organisation run by a board of volunteer directors, working hard to secure pockets of grant funding to enable us to put on events for the community. We are determined to become a more sustainable organisation, less reliant on grants and able to build a regular, diverse programme which will create more opportunities for our community to access arts and social activities.
Having a cafe would not only help us with our ambition to achieve sustainability, it would also be a key element in creating a community space within The Bureau. We want to create a hub where our local community can come together in a friendly, creative environment, where everyone is welcome, where people can connect with people from different communities, experience inspiring art, express themselves and learn new skills.
Our vision for the cafe is to provide simple, healthy and homemade vegetarian and vegan food at accessible prices, in a comfortable and relaxing environment.
Although we do have a kitchen space, we don’t have a working kitchen and are currently a pop up cafe selling cake and brews running only at certain events to try and help us raise some money.
We need your help, firstly to help us get the equipment we need to get up and running (approx. £700) and secondly to create the space we envisage (approx.£300) . Please donate whatever you can to help fund our community cafe. If each of our followers donated £1 we would sail past our target.
You can simply donate to support our cafe, but we have also created a few perks that you might enjoy. If you would like to take advantage of one of these perks, please state which perk and make sure you leave your contact details.
Perk 1: Donate £5, support the cafe and receive a voucher for a hot/cold drink
Perk 2: Donate £10, support the cafe and receive a voucher for a hot/cold drink and a piece of cake from the cafe
Perk 3: Donate £30, support the cafe, receive a voucher for a hot/cold drink and a piece of cake from the cafe, and a voucher to attend a 2 hour block printing workshop where you will print your own tea towel (5 available)
Donate £50, support the cafe, receive a voucher for a hot/cold drink and a piece of cake from the cafeand receive a beautiful hand painted cake plate decorated by artist Cath Ford (1 available)
If you are unable to financially support us at this time, you can also help support us by sharing our events and posts on social media. You can find us on facebook, instagram and twitter.
Thank you for your support.
Updates
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5 years ago
Leonie Stephenson
5 years agoThanks for your support so far. We are getting closer to our target now! We have raised £444 on JustGiving and £153 during cafe fundraisers making a total of £597. Can you help us push this a little more to help us reach our target of £1000 so we can get our community cafe up and running? :-)
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5 years ago
Leonie Stephenson
5 years agoWhoop whoop! So chuffed. Thank you for your support you lovely lot. This plus the £121.75 we raised at the National Festival of Making makes us well on our way to having our lovely cafe space! *Please like, comment and share so that others see this post too. Thanks :-)
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5 years ago
Leonie Stephenson
5 years agoJust wanted to say thanks for donating. We raised just over £100 last weekend at our fundraiser too, so making some steps towards our goal :-)
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36
Sophie Skellern
Jun 19, 2018
Good luck you lovely lot! X
£20.00
Beth x
Jun 12, 2018
£10.00
Jamie Holman
Jun 4, 2018
This better be good cake
£10.00
Rebecca Overton
Jun 4, 2018
Jenny Walker-Ingham
Jun 4, 2018
Hi, we haven't been here before, so it would be lovely if my husband and I (both vegan) could take advantage of the drink/cake offer for each donating £10. Thanks.
£20.00
Alison Williams-Southern
May 25, 2018
£5.00
Catherine Counselll
May 24, 2018
What you're doing looks fantastic! Keep up the good work x
£30.00
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