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CDC’s Boost to Community Café

A dilapidated pavilion has been transformed into a colourful community hub with help from Crown Decorating Centres.

The bowling facility at Manchester Road Park, Bury, was taken over by Bury Employment Support and Training (Bury EST) earlier this year in partnership with the Parks and Countryside Service.

CDC’s boost to community caféWorking with a team of 35 volunteers – many of whom have disabilities, mental health problems, disadvantaged backgrounds or are recovering from alcohol-substance dependency – Bury EST have converted the former pavilion and surrounding grounds into a community café and training centre.

Staff at the Crown Decorating Centre in Bury organised a donation of paints to help the volunteers tackle the renovation of the building, which has now opened to the public as The Welly Community Café.

Paula Taylor, Marketing Manager for the network of more than 130 Crown Decorating Centres in the UK and Northern Ireland, said: “Bury EST are providing training opportunities as well as a community hub for people in the area and we were really pleased to be able to support the wonderful transformation of the facility.

The Welly Café project aims to increase visitor numbers to the Manchester Road Park and develop additional activities and opportunities to improve the confidence, self-esteem, health and independence of disabled and disadvantaged people in the area.

The multi-purpose café will also offer supported training and work experience in a variety of other sectors including catering, grounds maintenance, horticulture, cleaning and front-of-house.

Mike Spurr, Manager at Bury EST, said: “We are indebted to local sponsors and businesses for making this worthwhile project happen – on time and to budget.

“In particular, I would like to thank Crown Decorating Centres for their support in donating to us all our paint materials; it really has made a huge difference to the look and feel of the café.

CDC’s Boost to Community Café
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