Hope Central on Castlegate in Malton aims to provide a welcoming place for local people to meet, access resources, support and drink coffee!
On entering the cafe, I was met by friendly, welcoming staff and a bright, contemporary interior.
Hope Central serves a range of rolls, baguettes, wraps and cakes as well as fair-trade teas and coffees. Food is sourced locally where possible and there is a takeaway service if required. Everyone and anyone is welcome. The food is healthy and prices are affordable.
The cafe forms part of a much bigger project by Elim Ryedale Church to provide a place for all sections of the local community to meet. Next to the cafe area there is a large meeting room used every day of the week for activities as various as quiz nights and youth groups to chiropody and English lessons. More meeting rooms upstairs are available for hire.
The whole project has been carefully planned and thought out even down to the beautiful mural on the wall in the cafe. All areas are bright, colorful and comfortable providing a great place to meet, socialise or work.
Four laptops are available and you can even take your own laptop in to use the free Wi-Fi. The cafe is open Fridays during the school term from 4 pm so that students can do their homework.
Local minister, Andy Boxall says “We are really excited at the prospect of being able to ‘do’ and not just ‘talk’ as a community. We hope that the centre will provide a service for many local groups. We have worked so hard to restore, renovate and decorate the Old White Rose Saddlery and we think that it has definitely paid off!
Our desire is that Hope Central will be more than a building and will become a resource to bring help and fresh hope to our community.”
Hope Central is an excellent place to stop for something to eat and drink, meet with friends or attend one of the many activities. Hope Central has also linked up with Compassion, a charity that sponsors children in developing countries. The cafe now sponsors a child through Compassion and any donations that are given to the cafe go towards the sponsor. The money provides this child with the means to break the cycle of poverty and create a viable future for them self and their family. More details can be found in the cafe.
Article written in the Handymag magazine
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