Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 15

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Date 28/01/2016
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Date of Publication 28th January 2016
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Thursday, January 28, 2016 THE HEREFORD TIMES
Cafe Will help to
spread kindness
By Jessica Phillips
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A HEREFORD cafe has signed
up to an initiative which aims
to support the more vulner-
able members of the commu-
nity.
Number 10, on Church Street,
is part of the ‘suspended cof-
fee’ scheme which sees cus-
tomers pay in advance for an
extra drink, sandwich or soup
for someone who needs it.
It is a global initiative which
has proven popular in some of
the bigger cities and aims to
spread kindness.
Hayley Llewellyn, owner of
Number 10, used to work in
the homeless sector and was
happy to back the scheme.
She said: “People just come
in and if they have tea and cof-
fee they will pay for an extra
drink and that is then used for
someone in need.
“We have quite a lot of people
who will buy an extra soup or
sandwich too. Or some people
will put £10 in the kitty.
“We have a couple of guys
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the suspended coffee scheme.
that come regularly who we
have outside the window and
we take them out whatever
they need. It’s quite a relaxed
set up."
Those in need in Hereford
benefit directly from the
scheme, with no middle man
Hayley Llewellyn, the owner of Number 10, with a notice about
Photo: James Maggs
“I think it’s a nice thing to
do.” added Ms Llewellyn. “And
it’s important to me that we
do it. There‘s a lot of people
that probably do want to help
or feel self conscious going up
to someone and asking if they
want a coffee. It makes it really
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