RURAL COFFEE CONNECT

Hello,

I work for the Rural Community Council Charity, a local charity supporting rural areas around Leicestershire & Rutland.

As part of this, we are working in partnership with the Rutland Citizens Advice Centre and have been visiting lots of locations in and around Rutland. We have been to many locations and have one more location to book in before our project finishes at the end of September.

We bring along our barista coffee van (https://www.ruralcc.org.uk/coffee/), park in the car park or roadside, set up our gazebo at the van & pop out a couple of chairs, and serve free hot drinks to local residents – this helps overall to reduce loneliness and isolation in the area, creates a lovely area for people to come along and have a chat, and also means that we can help to support people and tell them about what’s on in the local community, and how the Citizens Advice Bureau in Rutland may be able to help them in lots of ways.

We look forward to seeing you at Ridlington Village Hall, Main Street, Ridlington.

Tracey Pollard