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Victoria Park Cafe Victoria Park Community Cafe
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The project will build a unique and vibrant outdoor cafe and community hub In the heart of Victoria Park in Frome. We are renovating a small victorian building in the park and building a shelter to create an accessible community cafe that connects people with nature to reduce loneliness and isolation.

Beneficiaries

  • Community

    Improving the physical and mental health well-being of a whole range of people that would otherwise be isolated and lonely, providing then with opportunities to be active, socialize and connect

  • Elderly / Old People

    Reduce loneliness and isolation

  • People with Disabilities

    Works Skills training

  • Other Charities or Voluntary Bodies

    Partnerships and collaborations to use our community spaces

  • Number of beneficiaries - 1500

    We are developing a number of community programmes

Geographic reach

  • England: Somerset
BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

1500

We are developing a number of community programmes

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£81,000.00

TIMELINE

Apr 2025 Onwards

Project Outcome Targets

People connecting with nature to improve health and wellbeing

People gain or retain meaningful skills and sense of belonging in a nature based environment

Partner driven, needs based programming in the garden

Project Activities

  • Build a vibrant community growing and learning hub, reaching out to the local community

  • Renovate the infrastructure including building a shelter to create an accessible space

  • Develop collaborative partnered programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people

  • Create paid employment, training and volunteering opportunities

Project Impact and Partners
IMPACT REPORTING

Bi-annually

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

Performance measurement framework, logic model, baseline, quantitative and qualitative methodologies

WHO IS ALREADY FUNDING THE PROJECT?

Frome Town Council

Frome Town Council is a ‘parish authority’ for the town of Frome.

National Lottery Community Fund

https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/

Hubbub

Food waste network

CLA Charitable Trust

The CLA Charitable Trust is dedicated to helping those who are disabled or disadvantaged to visit an
OTHER PARTNERS

Frome Town Council

Frome Town Council is a ‘parish authority’ putting forward the needs of the local community

Frome Community Fridge

Fights food waste by making surplus food from local businesses accessible to everyone

Wild Memories

Outdoor dementia group

Frome Medical Practice

Green Prescribing