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THE GREEN KITCHEN raised £1,125 from 34 supporters
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Closed 07/12/2022
Weʼve raised £1,125 to Refurbish our organic, vegetarian cafe, following a fire
- Funded on Wednesday, 7th December 2022
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Story
For those of you who don't know us, we're sisters: Lynn & Louise. We've always loved cooking so in July 2021 we opened THE GREEN KITCHEN (just off the A49 by the swing bridge in Acton Bridge)
It was the first time we'd done anything like this before: We've always been passionate about the environment and organic produce - particularly vegetarian food - and wanted to provide something for our community by using local suppliers.
Well, it's fair to say that it took off! People came from far and wide for our vegetarian food, but particularly for our homemade organic cakes and scones! Just as we were planning celebrations for our first anniversary disaster struck: we arrived at the cafe on Sunday 29th May to open up and overnight there'd been a fire in the kitchen; fortunately, the structural damage wasn't too bad, but we lost absolutely everything - and we mean everything! All our furnishings, equipment, the whole lot was gone!
To say we were devastated is an understatement. To have your much longed-for dream destroyed so cruelly is heart breaking.
So, having run our business for just 10 months we'd have to start from scratch again: We'd loved running our cafe so much that we decided that's exactly what we'd do!
Fast-forward to August and building work has eventually started and we're hoping to reopen in September. Unfortunately, our contents insurance isn't enough to cover the total refurbishment costs. We desperately want to reopen but need your help please!! If you just donate the cost of a cup of coffee we'd be delighted!!
We can't wait to get back up and running again and to welcoming both our previous, loyal customers along with new ones!
Any help you can give would be absolutely fantastic.
With heartfelt thanks.
The Green Kitchen Team
Updates
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- 2 years ago
THE GREEN KITCHEN
2 years agoThanks to everyone’s kind generosity we’ve finally managed to reopen!! We’re extremely excited and can’t wait to welcome everyone back! So please come along and say hello!! A HUGE thanks again - we really couldn’t have reopened without you 💚
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- 2 years ago
THE GREEN KITCHEN
2 years agoWe've been amazed by everyone's generosity and messages - thank you all so much; it really does mean a lot to us! It also means that we now have a new coffee machine!!! So, we're now DELIGHTED to tell you that we'll now be reopening THE GREEN KITCHEN on Wednesday 5th October We can't wait to welcome everyone back Thanks once again and see you all soon! The Green Kitchen Team xx
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- 2 years ago
THE GREEN KITCHEN
2 years agoA massive thank you to everyone for their very kind and generous donations: to date, we’ve received almost £1,000 which will be a huge help. We’re hoping to be opening back up early September but will keep everyone posted. Once again, thank you all very much! The Green Kitchen Team 💚
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Supporters
34
Have missed you not being there. Fridays just haven't been the same.
Sep 16, 2022
£50.00
Rachel & Andy
Sep 7, 2022
Keep going!Looking forward to our Friday lunches with you again soon x
Helen
Sep 3, 2022
£10.00
Val
Aug 26, 2022
Good luck with the refurb. Hope you are able to re-open soon - we want you back!
£20.00
Anonymous
Aug 25, 2022
Looking forward to having a biscuit with you again soon! Crackle x
Anonymous
Aug 22, 2022
£30.00
Caroline
Aug 22, 2022
I had a delicious lunch with Bryony at the Green Kitchen before, and look forward to coming again. Good luck with everything.
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