This week at Human Kind Café, we’re celebrating our 2nd birthday! We’ll be sharing more this week about our first two years in the community, and finishing off the week with a fun birthday celebration.
You can expect our regular weekly events including Social Group, Memory cafe and early morning fitness with Yoga Fusion and Feel Good Fitness. We also have some spaces left in our Supper Club tomorrow - head to the link in our bio or get in touch if you’d like to join us for dinner.
This Saturday we are taking part in the Billericay Artisan Food and Drink Market, so we’ll be outside of the cafe with homemade cakes, jams and chutneys, raising money for our ongoing work in the community.
Inside the cafe, we’ll be celebrating our 2nd birthday by offering an all-day buffet, games, activities, and chance to find out more about what we do here, what support we can offer and how you can get involved.
For more information on any of events visit humankindcafe.co.uk/events or pop into the cafe and speak to a member of the team.
Human Kind Cafe was created for the whole community, so we’ve made sure our space is welcoming and accessible for everyone. Here’s what you can expect when you visit:
•We’re located 150yds from the main High Street Parking, with one disabled badge bay right outside
•Step free access from the street and through the whole cafe
•Double doors that can stay open
•Need assistance? Ring our doorbell and a team member will come out and help
•You’ll be greeted by our friendly staff and volunteers
•Plenty of space inside the cafe to move around with wheelchairs, mobility aids or buggies
•An accessible toilet
If you have any questions about our space or anything you think we could improve on, please get in touch. We’re committed to being a welcoming space for everyone regardless of background or circumstance, and always open to doing things better where we can.
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Today is #worldbakingday and to celebrate we’d like to highlight our incredible in-house chef Emma👩🍳
Emma is the mastermind behind some of our delicious cakes that we serve daily at the cafe. You will often find her covered in icing sugar and baking with lots of heart out in our kitchen❤️
Pop-in to see what’s on offer, some of our regular bakes are Lemon Drizzle, School Cake, Carrot Cake, the list goes on (vegan options available)🍰
Treat yourself to something sweet, we know your taste buds will thank you for it!
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We have the incredible @bambamtheentertainer appearing at Human Kind Cafe this Saturday 16th May from 10am-1pm to help us celebrate our 2nd birthday!🥳
Join us for lots of fun including magic and balloon modelling. With Bam Bam’s big personality and wacky sense of humour, it’s great for the entire family!
Not long to go, we can’t wait to see you!🪄🎈
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Two years of kindness, community and collaboration. We're looking back on what we've been up to over the last two years and sharing some highlights and fond memories this week, and today wed like to share with you that:
🧸We've continued to look after and improve our children's play and kindness corner, a place for adults to relax and children to imagine, make friends and build confidence.
🍴Meal donations from Cook Billericay allowed us to launch our weekly Supper Club, where people can come together an enjoy an evening meal.
🎸We've hosted many talented musicians who have volunteered their time to perform for Sunday Social
🛍️We've built valuable connections with local creatives and small business through our Community Market, raising money for Human Kind, while giving a platform for makers to sell their creations.
🎲We received funding from Billericay Town Council for board games and equipment for our social group, supporting the weekly activities we provide.
🌷We received funding from Basildon Council to create a social garden space, including a beautiful mural created with suggestions from our community. We've just started our second season of growing, and our excited to use some homegrown produce soon!
🍽️Last year we launched our vegetarian and vegan roast dinners, which have been incredibly popular. We were proud to provide so many of you with vegan Yorkshire puddings for your Christmas dinners!
🧵We've developed an exciting events programme, from sewing, crafts and crochet, to mental health support and exercise sessions. We host over 140 hours of events, attended by 750 people on average each month.
🍳We received our first corporate sponsorship from Crocus Wealth, who are supporting our quarterly Community Breakfast. We've hosted two breakfasts, welcoming 107 people to join us for a shared community meal to start the day, and being supported by the Crocus Wealth Team.
We're going to be celebrating with a birthday party this Saturday, with an all-day buffet, games and activities and a chance to chat to our team about what we do and how you can get involved, so pop down to Human Kind between 9am-4pm to enjoy the fun.
This week we celebrate our 2nd birthday! Two years of kindness, community and collaboration. We're going to be looking back and what we've been up to over the last two years and sharing some highlights and fond memories this week, including:
🎶We've hosted some incredible performances from the very talented children of Focus Music
👨👩👧👦We received funding from the Co-op Community Fund to start our Intergenerational lunch project. So far we've worked with 3 schools over 7 months, welcoming over 100 people to enjoy lunch together and teach kindness and acceptance to young people.
🌳We launched our Giving Tree and have had over 150 donations of meals, hot drinks and sweet treats to be used by the community.
🍰We've spent many hours outside meeting the community and handing out tasters of our delicious vegetarian food.
🥯We've started lots of new events to bring people together and provide good food, including our new Bank Holiday Bagels, Buns and Games.
🤗We currently have a team of 81 volunteers, and have been supported by a whopping 6861 (and counting!) front-of-house hours given by 165 volunteers, We've also supported 10 Duke of Edinburgh students to complete their volunteer hours.
🐕We met loads of lovely furry friends who always brighten up our day.
💕We've been part of your big life events, from baby showers, to celebrations of life and everything in between by providing a friendly space and plenty of food.
🎁We gave away hundreds of Christmas presents last year in our Christmas Kindness Exchange, encouraging people to pay it forward and make someone's day with a small act of kindness.
We couldn't have done this without the support of our wonderful community who donate time, resources and money to keep us going, and the amazing organisations we've collaborated with. We're going to be celebrating with a birthday party this Saturday, with an all-day buffet, games and activities and a chance to chat to our team about what we do and how you can get involved, so pop down to Human Kind between 9am-4pm to enjoy the fun.
Our Wednesday Social Group is our longest running community group which our incredible volunteers have been running since before the cafe opened. Our weekly sessions were originally in the Reading Rooms on Billericay High Street, before we moved to our beautiful new space.
Every week we put on an activity, this may include crafting, bingo, quizzes, guest speakers, flower arranging, etc. We also provide complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits for all attendees.
Our relaxed sessions are to bring people together, connect and combat loneliness. Everyone is welcome, whether you’d like to pop-in alone or with a friend, you’ll always find friendly faces to have a cuppa and chat with.
We’d love to see you, so please feel free to drop-in any Wednesday morning between 9.30-11.30am. See you there!🫶
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It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and as always, we will be continuing to spread kindness in our cafe. We see first hand the positive effects this has on our community and the contribution it makes to a kinder world.
On Wednesday we have the @basildonmind team running a special pop-up in the cafe from 10am-1pm. Please do come in and find out more about the mental health support they offer.
Remember, we are better together!🫶
#mentalhealthawarenessweek #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthsupport #mindcharity #behumankind
We'll be taking part in the Billericay Artisan Food & Drink Market next Saturday 10am-4pm, with a stall outside Human Kind with our much-loved cakes available to take away in gift boxes, along with a selection of homemade jams and chutneys.
We're also going to be celebrating our 2nd birthday that weekend, so be sure to pop into Human Kind during your trip down the high street to find out more about what we've been up to for the last two years and what to expect in the future.
Did you know that our Karma Drinks are Fairtrade-certified? Today is World Fairtrade Day and we wanted to highlight this incredible company making a difference🌍
@karmadrinks use organic sugar and other natural ingredients like cola nut to make their delicious drinks. They ensure farmers in Sierra Leone and other regions receive fair prices and trade terms. They also support the Karma Foundation, with 1% of their revenue helping to fund community projects for growers🌱
On Monday, we have the Co-op visiting us in the cafe. They will be making Fairtrade banana bread for you all to try. We hope you can join us for a slice!🫶
#worldfairtradeday2026 #fairtrade #fairtradecertified #rainforestalliancecertified
We had a wonderful time hosting our first pottery sip and paint fundraiser, led by @kilnwizard 🎨
We loved seeing all your creativity come out and watching your masterpieces take shape. Kiln Wizard have now taken your creations away to be put in the kiln and we can’t wait to see them fully finished. This event raised vital funds to help us continue supporting the community, so thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday.
We’re excited to welcome Kiln Wizard back on Saturday July 11th, you can book your spaces now through the link in our bio.
May 29th
10am-11.30am
We are joined by Billericay Community Archive who will be leading a dementia-inclusive reminiscence session. The Community Archives gathers memories, photographs and other documents that relate to the history of the area. They will be bringing a selection of historical photographs and leading conversations to share memories of Billericay.
This is a drop-in event so no need to book, just come along to share some memories and enjoy a trip down memory lane.
