LNT visit to Crafted by Props and Vassall Cafe
LNT took the opportunity to visit a couple of inspiring café spots who work with people with additional needs as part of our ongoing review of our own Hubbub café and see what we can learn from them.
Vassall Cafe by Props is a training cafe within the Vassall Centre in Fishponds where people with disabilities are trained in hospitality skills like cake making, food preparation and customer service. We of course had to complete our research by trying the food and it was excellent!
When trainees are suitably skilled, they move on to Crafted by Props cafe on the Fishponds High street. This is a beautiful vegetarian cafe decorated with attractive artwork for sale that trainees have created during Props Art classes. We had amazing coffee here and we'd love to go back!
Many thanks to Theo who showed us around Props and to Phoebe, Cafe Manager at Crafted and Scott, a trainee who told us about his work in Crafted and made glorious cakes!
We’d love to hear your recommendations on how we can improve Hubbub—please get in touch with us!
