Press Release

22nd April 2010

Café Alabaré officially open!

If you’re looking for a lunch or coffee venue with a difference, look no further than the new Café Alabaré at 14 Endless Street.

Café Alabaré is the latest venture from locally-based charity Alabaré.  The café, which is open to the public, provides training and work experience to vulnerable adults. 

An official opening is being held on Friday 30th April between 11am and 1pm.  At midday the official opening will be marked with the cutting of the ribbon by the Deputy Mayor of Salisbury, Cllr Brian Dalton, joined by a member of the Café Alabaré team. 

Everyone is welcome, so why not pop in and help celebrate the opening of this new and exciting café.  The café will be open for business as usual but there will be plenty of chances to sample some of the delights that they have on offer.

Café Alabaré came about as a result of the merging of Alabaré’s Cana Coffee Shop and the Endless Life Café.

Cana Coffee Shop was a training café for people with learning disabilities.   It operated one morning a week from the United Reform Church, providing refreshments and homemade cake to the public.  Demand for places on the training programme was so high that Alabaré wanted to expand and develop the service and the opportunity arose to take over the running of the former Endless Life Café.

Café Alabaré has been completely refurbished and offers training and work experience to a total of 12 vulnerable adults five days a week.  Each trainee will receive personalised training based upon their own personal aims and goals and there will be the chance to work towards recognised accredited qualifications. 

The café will be run as a social enterprise.  A social enterprise is “a business or service with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners”.

Customers can expect to enjoy wonderful food made from ethically sourced ingredients, which can be eaten in or taken away.  It is hoped that eventually the ingredients used will be grown on Alabaré allotments at the Barford Countryside Unit. And it is not just food on offer, customers also have the chance to view and buy locally hand-crafted goods, which are on display inside the café.   

Café Alabaré also runs a sandwich service for local businesses, where orders can be placed over the phone and are prepared and ready for pick up at lunchtime.  Catering for events is also available.

To find out more about the service and menu contact manager Jackie Moore on 07788 592454.