Cafe Laziz is a community cafe based in St Helens run by refugees and asylum seekers.
The café provides freshly cooked hot vegetarian meals and sweets with a drink for the very reasonable price of £5. Children and asylum seekers eat free thanks to a “Pay it Forward” scheme which is generously supported by the local community. It is a community café that operates just one day per week from within a Children’s Centre kitchen which is under-utilized so there are no running costs.
The main purposes of the café are to:
- offer work-based training
- offer formal qualifications (including customer service, food safety, allergen awareness and management)
- develop English language skills outside of a formal classroom
- aid community integration by encouraging the local community to use the café to try international food and drink and meet the recently settled Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants
- provide progression opportunities through employer links
The long-term aim of the café is to provide paid employment and management opportunities to refugees.
This app allows you to support your local community by ordering food from Café Laziz. At the same time, get rewarded in Peepl tokens for caring for your community!