An ethical and eco café is offering a slice of paradise in Gillingham.
Eden, the project of St Mary’s Church, is a plant based community café and loose goods refill and recycling hub which opened at the Vicarage School Room during the first lockdown.
Founder member Revd Eve Peglar said: “We want this to be a café space where the community can come, relax and meet their friends. Simply have a bit of peace and quiet and read a book. Or groups can come and use the café as a meeting place.”
The ethical and ecological basis of Eden fits well with one of the charitable aims of St Mary’s Church – to work towards caring for the whole of creation. Any funds raised will contribute towards continuing this work. The Queen Street venue was redecorated at the end of lockdown and while specially arranged each week for the café, is still available as a venue for community hire.
Eden uses TerraCycle for its recycling collections and a host of packaging and materials, not presently recycled through kerbside collections, are taken including crisp packets, biscuit, chocolate and sweet wrappers, bread bags, used up pens and felt tips.
Eden loose goods and café is open on:
- Wednesday 2pm-5pm
- Thursday and Friday 10am-12noon
- Sunday 11.30am-1.30pm
Bring your containers to refill a wide range of food staples, cleaning materials and treats. You can follow Eden on instagram at @edengoodsandcafe or even better, call by and say hello.
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