with a visit from the Mayor of Richmond upon Thames, Councillor Penny Frost, who has served as a councillor for Ham since being elected in 2014, and has lived in Ham for over four decades.  We thank Penny for her support in the opening of the Ham Community Cafe.

The Ham Community Cafe started out last July as a surplus food hub outside the youth centre under a gazebo.  This was a great way to advertise our new service to Ham residents who were walking past and intrigued by what we were doing.  Once the school holidays ended we moved indoors and since then have been offering a light lunch as well as our surplus food hub, serving between 40-60 guests each week.  We now continue to operate the indoor cafe during school holidays with slightly reduced opening hours to accommodate the youth club activities.

We thank our team of volunteers for delivering a great service to our regular guests every Tuesday, from 11:30-13:30 at Ham Youth Centre.