The Chatty Cafe scheme is an international movement which started in the UK in 2017, created on a wet and windy day when founder Alex Hoskyn was in a café with her four-month-old son, who wasn’t being great company!
Alex looked around the café and saw an elderly lady who looked just as down as her and on another table sat a young guy with additional needs and his support worker both looking like they had run out of conversation!
Alex started to think about the positive impact they could have had on each other if they had sat together. It was right there and then that the concept of the Chatty Cafes in the UK began. There are now also venues in Poland, Gibraltar, Canada and the USA.
In 2019 the Chatty Café movement began in Australia! The Leopold Community & Learning Centre is excited to be part of ‘The Chatty Café’ scheme and we are open Monday and Wednesday mornings 10.00am to 12.00pm.
The Café is run solely by volunteers who play a vital role in creating a warm, welcoming space where everyone can enjoy a good chat over a cuppa and cake.
Why not come along for a cuppa, cake and chat.
Mondays and Wednesdays
10.00am to 12.00pm
Coffee & Cake: $5.00 donation
