Meet our Community Cafes

 

Different places, different people, a shared commitment to making life better locally.

Our eight founding cafes each bring something special to their neighbourhood. Meet the people behind them and discover how they’re creating places to belong, connect and make good things happen.

Over the last couple of months, we’ve introduced the founding cafes of The Canvas Cafe Collective here on Instagram. Reading the comments from their communities has been a total joy. 💛 “We always leave WIRED a LOT happier after having d
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is @community.jam.collective in Hotwells, Bristol. Community Jam turns the usual cafe story on its head. For years, Harry Wrigh
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is Quarry Cafe & Community Fridge @qccommunityfridge in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Quarry began in 2017 as a one-day-a-wee
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is @roundaboutcafe in Mansbridge, Southampton. Situated on a housing estate in Southampton, Round About was created as a communi
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is @wiredcoffeeandcake in Honley, West Yorkshire. In 2018, husband and wife Oliver and Katie took a leap of faith, leaving behin
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is @sibling_cardiff in Roath, Cardiff. Brother and sister Georgie and Will opened Sibling in 2021, after transforming a former b
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is @tagdrinks in Eastcote, North West London. TAG opened in January 2020. Just five weeks later, the country went into lockdown.
What does a community cafe look like? Every cafe in The Canvas Cafe Collective answers that question differently. This is @kiju.coffee in Battersea, London. Kiju is a women-led Vietnamese coffee house, event space and community hub, founded by cou

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