Heald Green United Reformed Church

Dear friends,

It’s been an excellent year again for our Churches Together in Heald Green Youth Initiative and caféunity as the project has continued to develop apace, and go from strength to strength.

During this year we have

• Established the internet café as a viable venture at the heart of our community, which provides a safe and enjoyable place for all, but especially focusing on young people

• Further built on existing relationships and the goodwill of the wider community towards the work of our churches through our ministry at the cafe

• Built up a reliable, committed and capable team of volunteers who support the work of the café and the aims of the youth initiative

• Employed a qualified youth worker Lee Bassman, for two evenings a week to help us provide two sessions of evening youth work at the café for young people to meet, for educational, recreational, and leisure activities

• Put plans and funding in place for a second paid youth worker

• Begun a relationship with local Youth Offending Team

• Held Alpha courses at the café to promote understanding of the Christian faith

• Held ‘café style’ worship events to complement the existing ‘menu’ of Christian Worship in Heald Green

• Completed the refurbishment of the upstairs of the premises which is now generating additional income from room hire




During the year we have also with some sadness said goodbye to Phil Hassle, our manager since opening in July last year. The trustees warmly thank Phil for his contribution to the project and wish him well in his future employment.

As a result of Phil’s departure our thanks must also go to Norman for his much valued work over the summer and Dave’s continuing work as our part time café manager.

Finally, my thanks go again to all our many volunteers, donators and customers from this church, without whom the project simply would not exist.

If you have not yet volunteered and think you could, please have a chat with myself or any of the other café volunteers. And if you’re still to visit the café, well what have you been waiting for? It’s there for you to enjoy, I’m sure you’ll love it too!

Mike