A cafe in Burnham-On-Sea town centre is joining a national scheme to help reduce loneliness by getting people chatting.
Cafe Beans in Burnham High Street is joining ‘The Chatty Cafe Scheme’ which aims to address loneliness and/or social isolation.
The Burnham cafe will introduce a ‘Chatter & Natter table’ on a weekly basis from May 7th.
Claire Poole, a volunteer who will host the table each week, pictured, told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “The Chatty Café is a great way of encouraging people to talk to others.”
“The scheme is the brainchild of Alexandra Hoskyn, who founded it after a miserable day at a supermarket café with her infant son, where she noticed that no one was talking to each other.”
“She found that by simply putting ‘Chatter & Natter’ signs on tables in cafes it created a space for people to talk.”
“A Chatter & Natter table brings people together and everyone is invited!”
Claire adds: “Anyone can join in – if you’re on your own, in a couple, with a friend, if you’re a carer why not sit there with who you care for, mums and babies, dads and babies, grandparents and babies, young people, older people and anyone in between! It’s a great way to meet new people in your community.”
“When you are deciding where to sit, look for the Chatter & Natter table and sit there! Stay for five minutes while you have your drink or longer. It’s not about making life-long friends, just having good old fashioned human interaction.”
It will launch on May 7th and be held every Wednesday from 8.30am – 10am. For more details, see: https://thechattycafescheme.
