Pop in to Community Charity Tuck shop

AN enterprising group of volunteers have organised a charity cafe and tuck shop to raise money for their local village hall and the Karibuni charity for Kenyan street children.

Worminghall residents Kathryn Albany-Ward and Lex Brown, decided to organise the pop up cafe to bring their local community together on a Saturday morning. The cafe will run for a trial period of four weeks on Saturday mornings, commencing this coming Saturday, January 18, from 10am-12pm and will serve a range of hot drinks, croissants and cakes. In addition, there will be a tuck/sweet shop, competitions and the opportunity to register for The Great Worminghall Bake Off which will take place in the village hall on the February 9, awarding prizes for the Bake Off entries for the under eights, nine to thirteen year- olds and fourteen years and above categories. Entry is not restricted to Worminghall residents.

Kathryn explained:  ‘Since the shop closed in Worminghall a number of years ago, there has been nowhere in the village to meet friends and for the children of the village to spend pocket money. We hope that holding the cafe and tuck shop will encourage the whole village to get together to raise money for two great causes as well as getting to know each other and, through the Bake Off, have a bit of fun.”

See www.facebook.com/worminghallcafe for further information.

The cafe will run on the following dates; 18th and 26th January, 1st and 8th February (all from 10am-12pm). The Bake Off will be on the 9th February from 2.30-5.00pm. All events to take place in Worminghall Village Hall.

The Karibuni Trust (UK Charity No. 1044872) aims to raise awareness of children living on the streets and in the slums in areas of urban and rural extreme poverty in Kenya; and to raise money to support projects to meet their needs. The children could be orphans, abandoned children or runaways who must support themselves on the streets by begging, stealing or scavenging. Karibuni also supports projects run by Kenyans and is currently working with a Maua Methodist Hospital to provide care for
people living with HIV/AIDS.

Further information can be found at www.karibuni.org.uk

SOURCE: Contributed