Costa’s Chatty Café scheme: a ‘water cooler’ for business nurseries Learning from each other’s experience plays a big part in Incubators and Accelerators, so I am often surprised that some of them have no cafeteria-type space for encouraging participants to meet and hob-nob with one another; and others make poor use of such spaces. Costa […]
We are so pleased to tell you that 21 venues in Gibraltar now have a Chatter & Natter table! Thank you to GibSams who have made this happen. For a full list of participating places in Gibraltar please click here……
The Chatty Café Scheme is a positive movement that exists to bring people together and in doing so reduce loneliness. It is all about good vibes and happy thoughts but this last week we have been thinking more along the lines of ‘keeping it real’. Recently we have shared a few social media posts like […]
This morning, Costa Coffee have announced that we will be rolling out the Chatty Café Scheme in over 300 of our stores across the UK. This launch is something that myself and Alex have been working together to achieve, and I couldn’t be happier to see so many of our stores marked on the Chatty […]
This blog has been written by Carl Yorke on his website www.menat50ish.com Thank you Carl for letting us feature it as a guest blog. I wrote an article in March 2018 talking about how loneliness affects all men at some stage in their lives. Loneliness has always been associated with old age, but being alone […]
There are some people in my life who when talking to me about the scheme will ask the question, ‘is it making any money?’. This question has the ability to both annoy and intrigue me because when I answer that it is not a money making thing they look uncomfortable and change the subject. The […]
I’ve just returned from a fantastic holiday in Tenerife. The sun was shining, I ate my own bodyweight in food, drank mojitos and came home feeling relaxed. I’ve been to Tenerife before and each time there has always been African men selling faux designer bags, Chinese men and women throwing little plastic toys in the […]
This week is Mental Health Awareness week and it has got me thinking about the connection between mental health and loneliness. For me, I know that being busy contributes to me having positive mental health and that is partly why I started this scheme, because I needed the quiet times to be occupied. It’s strange […]
Cycling Without Age – Trafford Three women in Trafford, Greater Manchester have set up a voluntary community group called Cycling Without Age Trafford (CWA Trafford). You may have heard about Cycling Without Age through social media or on the Pride of Britain awards, or watched Fraser Johnston in his BBC Three documentary (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/clip/63c3faf8-bb2a-4b8d-a072-a3b5cace5597). Cycling Without […]
Everyone’s felt lonely, but losing someone you love brings a different kind of loneliness. One where you feel so low and empty that you can hardly remember what happiness feels like. There seems to be a dark cloud above you and you feel so numb as you try to come to terms with that person’s […]