Cafe Connections
The Rees Foundation is proud to collaborate with a number of cafes across the UK, offering a safe social space for care experienced people in the heart of the community.

​The cafés offer affordable, high quality food and drinks and are very welcoming to all care leavers and their Rees Café Guest Cards!

Rees Caf​é Guest Card

The Rees Café Guest Card is exclusively available to care experienced people and allows you to enjoy a FREE drink at any of our partner cafés.
The terms and conditions for the Rees Café Guest Card can be found at the bottom of this page.

Café Connections Sessions

Our new Café Connections programme brings care experienced people together through welcoming community spaces, creative activities, opportunities to connect, and support around wellbeing, employability, and life skills.

Working alongside our partner cafés across Manchester and the Midlands, we’re creating safe social spaces where care experienced people can build confidence, meet others and access support within their local community.
What to expect:
  • Wellbeing workshops
  • Budgeting and life skills support
  • Employability and CV workshops
  • Cooking and food sessions

  • Guest speakers and specialist support
  • Business and goal-setting workshops
  • Opportunities to connect with others
Explore upcoming sessions:

Find your nearest café

Explore our network of participating cafés across the UK. Select a region below to find a café near you.
★ Cafés marked with a star also host Café Connections sessions.
west midlands
3 Beans Kitchen – Solihull
"Here at 3 Beans, we aim to create a welcoming atmosphere, whilst serving fantastic coffee and comfort food. We’re also a CIC, so everything you buy helps to support our amazing community."

​​Click here to find out more about 3 Beans Kitchen.
Three Trees, Hedingham Grove, Birmingham B37 7TP
Base 25 – Wolverhampton
Base 25 offers a warm, welcoming space for care experienced people to connect, share experiences, and access support in a relaxed setting.
Whether you're popping in for a cuppa and a chat, seeking guidance, or simply want to be around others who understand, the friendly team can’t wait to welcome them.
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Click here to find out more about Base 25.
29 - 31 Temple St, Wolverhampton, WV2 4AN
ChangeKitchen CIC – Balsall Heath, Birmingham ★ ​
"Kindness and social value are baked into our DNA, and we continue to innovate our services, drive systems change around food justice, and extend our social and environmental impact. Kindness and people are always at the heart of everything we do."

Click here to find out more about Change Kitchen CIC.
196-198 Edward Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9LX
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
Hub for Grub – Wolverhampton
Hub for Grub is a social enterprise utilising unwanted produce which would otherwise have gone to landfill. They create fresh, delicious meals every day and work from a number of locations around Wolverhampton offering a pay-what-you-can scheme. They have a particular focus on supporting people with addiction and mental health issues as well as homelessness.

Click here to find out more about Hub for Grub.
Pop up around the Wolverhampton area.
Red Shed – Birmingham ★ ​
"Our Ladywood centre is a green oasis in the heart of the city, home to a community café, two geodesic learning domes, and an outdoor Amphitheatre. Here we provide nature connection for health and wellbeing, plus eco-initiatives to develop more sustainable neighbourhoods."

Click here to find out more about the Red Shed.
Birmingham Settlement Nature & Wellbeing Centre, Edgbaston Reservoir, 79 Selwyn Road, Birmingham, B16 0SL
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
St Basil's Bistro – Bromsgrove
"A charity cafe and community centre in Bromsgrove that raises money towards St Basil's commitment to ending youth homelessness".

Click here to find out more about St Basil's Bistro.
The POD, 13 Humphrey Avenue, Charford, Bromsgrove, B60 3JE
Wolverhampton Wellbeing Hub – Bilston ★ ​
"We provide a welcoming space where residents can access wellbeing support, community projects, training, and affordable eco-friendly workspaces."

​Click here to find out more about Wolverhampton Wellbeing Hub.
10 Caledonia Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton, WV14 6AE
​This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
YMCA Black Country, Coffee at the Clock Cafe – West Bromwich ★ ​
"Located at our West Bromwich site on Carters Green, serving freshly ground espresso coffee, freshly prepared sandwiches and treats and providing work experience and employment for local people.

Whether you’re coming for a chat with friends, a meeting or want to spend the day working, their friendly team can’t wait to welcome you!"

​Click here to find out more about Coffee at the Clock Cafe.
38 Carters Green, West Bromwich, B70 9LG
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
greater manchester
422 Community Hub – Manchester ★ ​
"At 422 Community Hub, we believe in transforming lives through a hope-filled, compassionate, and connected community. We exist to provide a welcoming, accessible space where every person—especially children and families facing financial disadvantage—has the opportunity to belong, be supported, grow, and live with dignity."

Click here to find out more about 422 Community Hub.
​422 Community Hub Stockport Road Manchester, M12 4EX
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
Langworthy Cornerstone – Salford ★ ​
"A vibrant community hub which hosts a wide range of services and activities, including a Job Café, Volunteering opportunities, Wellbeing Sessions and Fitness Classes, Seniors’ Groups and Men’s Health Program, Art Exhibitions, and Community Events."

Click here to find out more about Langworthy Cornerstone.
451 Liverpool Street, Salford, M6 5QQ
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
Lime Café – University of Manchester ★ ​
"We pride ourselves on being honest, customer focused and affordable, providing you - our students, staff and external guests - with a variety of delicious, high quality food and drink options across campus to keep you fed and watered."

Click here to find out more about Lime Café.
Lime Café, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
Mustard Tree – ancoats ★ ​
A welcoming and inclusive community space committed to empowering people through opportunity, support and compassion. With kindness, dignity and partnership at the heart of everything they do, they work alongside local communities to help people build confidence, develop skills and create positive change.​

Click here to find out more about Mustard Tree.
110 Oldham Road, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6AG
This café is part of our Café Connections project — click here to view upcoming sessions.
north west england
Core Cafés – Liverpool John Moores University
"Our mission is to provide customers with great value, sustainable food, and beverages. Providing environments that promote relaxation, socialising and networking while fuelling the body and mind."

Click here to find out more about Core Cafés.
Various locations across the Mount Pleasant Campus and City Campus at Liverpool John Moores University
Cornerstone – Carlisle
"A Community Coffee bar in the heart of Denton Holme. Throughout the week there is a wide range of activities, many of which are free. These include craft groups, friendship groups, toddlers and many more."
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Click here to find out more about Cornerstone Carlisle.
62-66 Denton Street, Carlisle, CA2 5EH
south west england
The Cwtch Hub – Newton Abbot
"We’re a not-for-profit Community Interest Company with one big mission: to build a space that feeds people. Not just with good food, but with chances, creativity and connection. We serve affordable, delicious meals with a side of solidarity. We are a launchpad, a kitchen table, a stage and a second home — all rolled into one chaotic, joyful hub of possibility."

Click here to find out more about The Cwtch Hub.
17 Union St, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2JX
wales
Cardiff Students' Union Taf Bar and Starbucks Outlet – Cardiff
"Cardiff Students Union is the heart of Cardiff student life and provides support so that students can thrive and get support when things don’t go to plan."

"Its facilities are open to the public and it prides itself on a being a safe and inclusive space where everyone can be who they want to be."
 
Click here to find out more about Cardiff Students Union 
Cardiff University Students' Union, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3QN
Get The Boys a Lift – Haverfordwest
​“We are a Community Interest Company based in the heart and soul of West Wales that pride ourselves on doing right by our community to help improve mental health within our own community as well as those further afield.“
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Click here to find out more about GTBAL.
40 Bridge Street, Haverfordwest, SA61 2AD
Prefer to explore visually? ​Use the interactive map below to find participating cafés near you.
Rees café guest card - terms and conditions
To ensure we can keep the Guest Card sustainable and fair for both card holders and cafés, we ask that everyone adheres to the following terms:
  • The card holder is entitled to 1 free drink a day. This excludes alcoholic drinks
  • The card can only be used by the card holder – friends and family are not entitled to the discount
  • The card holder must be over the age of 16
  • The café reserves the right to refuse use of the card
Interested in collaborating with us?
We are keen to roll out more of these wonderful community resources across the country, if you are interested in collaborating with the Rees Foundation, please get in touch via [email protected] or by calling the number below.