The Café

Spring News

As we Spring from April into May there are lots of things going on at The Park Cafe...

Thanks to everyone who came to the wild flower planting day in the Community Orchard on 18 April, despite poor weather we had a great turnout and good fun was had by all. Check out the photos on our Facebook page 

Operation Farm launched their vision at the cafe on 20 April. It was great to hear their future plans and we hope one day they become a reality! check out their website  for more information.

Trainee Kulwant, has been busy making celebration cakes, next week she has a very special wedding cupcake booking for valued customer, Vashti and her future husband. We will post pictures on Facebook of what they looked like!

Dates for your diary:

• We will be opening weekends from 12 May - new spring opening hours will be Tuesday - Sunday 10-4pm
• 05.06.12 – Jubilee Celebrations in the park with a recycling theme. We will be running a limited menu of hot & cold drinks & snacks - more details to follow
• 16.06.12 – our 2nd Band Stand event – our fantastic festival bringing together local food and music with a bee themed festival vibe. Confirmed acts to follow. If you want to Bee involved - get in touch, it will bee buzzin'.
• 21 & 22.07.12 – Splendid Weekend- more details to follow

The trainees are fundraising for their Summer Ball, they nearly have enough money to pay for a 3 course meal and DJ, but if they raise more money then they can start to look at limos, table wine, flowers, a photographer, etc. We are all really excited about the event – it’s a way of celebrating all our hard work.

Winter 2012 Opening Hours

Tuesday - Friday 10am - 4pm.

We will be closed at weekends until 12 May 2012.

Events at Bayley Hall this Winter

27 March 2.30pm Spring Singing Event with the Melody Makers - this event is now sold out

31 March 11am Tameside Youth Event starting with an Easter Egg Hunt

The Park Cafe wins top award

The Park Cafe has won the European Dr Lucija Cikes Award after the visit from eleven judges from across Europe in August for outstanding work with people with learning disabilities'.

Judges were so impressed with the café,that they awarded us sole winners of the prize, which is only given at judges discretion depending on the quality of the entrant.

On awarding the Park Cafe with their award Voljo Plestina, the National President of Entente Florale Croatia said: "Every day the eager employees of the Hyde Park Café in Tameside are serving the public and showing an example for cooperation. For their commitment, involvement, and amazing results the European jury awards them with this special prize - the Dr. Lucija Cikes award."

We are absolutely buzzin', trainee Andrew said 'I'm chuffed to bits, it's brilliant'. Celebrate with us at The Autumn Scarecrow Festival on Saturday 24September 11-4pm- it's going to be 'one big party!'

The Park Café – The Story So Far

Tameside TV have been filming our project ever since the Trainees first day in October 2008. The following footage charts the exciting launch of the project in July 2009, followed by the opening day in August 2009. We have held several community events over the past year, including our Credit Crunch Christmas Fair 2009 and Harvest Festival in September 2010. The final footage is of trainees Jenny Threadgold and Vicky Austin, who have embarked on their next steps into employment.

• Park Café Project Launch Video
• Park Café Opening Day Video
• Credit Crunch Christmas Fair 2009 Video
• Harvest Festival September 2010Video
• What Jenny Did Next Video
• What Vicky Did Next Video

If you are a fan of Manchester music it’s worth watching! Trainee, Terry and Project Co-ordinator, Ali have chosen great local bands Stone Roses, Doves and I am Kloot – enjoy!

Time banking

Time banking in Tameside is an exciting project that enables you to use skills available in your community for free - all you have to do is offer the skills you have in return. For each hour you give helping someone else you earn 1 credit, you can then spend those credits when you need something. If you want to find out any further information, please contact one of the Time Bank Brokers, Elaine or Julie on 0161 339 2345, or visitwww.tamesidevb.org.uk/timebanking .

Park Café Wins Top Award

The Park Café based at Bayley Hall, in Hyde, has won a top award for excellence and innovation.

The café which opened in July 2009 is run by 27 trainees with learning disabilities. The award from the NWEO (North West Employers)was given to organisations that go an ‘extra mile’ beyond their statutory duties. View full press release.

About us

The Park Café is located in Bayley Hall, set in the beautiful surroundings of Hyde Park, Tameside.

The café menu offers good quality food at a reasonable cost using fair-trade , organic, local and seasonal produce where possible.
Serving:

• Hot and cold drinks
• Sandwiches
• Toasted snacks
• Salads
• Soup
• Hot specials
• Cakes, scones and puddings

Menus

• Café – winter menu 2011
• Event & Outside catering menu 2010
• Archive menus
  • Christmas menu
  • Halloween

Autumn opening hours

Closed Mondays

Tuesday -Friday 10.00am - 4.00pm

Meeting room

Bayley Hall has a state of the art meeting room that can be privately hired. The room seats up to 14 and has use of a SMART board and laptop

For more information please view the flyer

Download the booking form35.59 KB -Post to The Park Café, Bayley Hall, Hyde Park, SK14 4JX when complete.

Private Hire of Café

The cafe is available to privately hire at the following times:

Please get in touch with us to discuss your catering requirements. We can also organise a cake cutting service, balloons, table decorations, flowers, favours and face painting

News & Media

Park Café stars on TV

The Park Café was on TV on the 3rd, 4th & 6th August 2009. BBC North West News featured it in a series of items over three nights where they chronicled the setting up of the Park Café by following the scheme and the people involved from the initial building works, developing the business plan, staff training to the public opening which was broadcast live on the BBC. They revisited the project on 16th December following viewers’ requests for an update.

Below are a number of video's which feature The Park Café.

• Pass it on
• Farmers Market Day
• Fusion trailer
• Personal Safety
• BBC footage – 6th August and 16th December 2009

Healthy eating at The Park Café

We recently achieved a Gold Award from the Healthy Choice Awards; which highlighted ways in which we could improve further. Our winter menu 2010introduces lots of ideas to help you make a healthy choice including, use of low fat spreads and dressings. We have removed from sale crisps and confectionery and introduced healthier options such as nuts and seeds, low fat spreads and dressings.

What is the Haggle ‘n’ Barter scheme?

The café supports and promotes further social and micro enterprises, such as the ‘Haggle ‘n’ Barter’ concept. The scheme encourages people to grow their own produce and swap it for someone else’s. Whether you have an allotment, garden or window box start growing produce now!

In March 2009 staff and helpers went to the Farmers Market in Ashton to publicise the scheme to the public.

View the Farmers Market Day video clip

The café and Haggle ‘n’ Barter promotes local and seasonal food; therefore we have developed links with local allotments including Mottram Rd and Hyde Park. Volunteers from the allotments give us plenty of advice about our Haggle ‘n’ Barter scheme and have helped kick start this fantastic initiative. We hope to work closely with more allotments in the near future.

We aim to recycle as much waste as possible. Our green waste, cans, plastic and glass is all recycled. Even our ground coffee is given away in the Haggle ‘n’ Barter room. This helps to improve nitrogen content in compost. The Recycling Team supported our Christmas Fair theme and the horse ‘n’ cart made an appearance too.

In the Haggle ‘n’ Barter room we are currently collecting:

• Jam jars
• Corks
• Pine cones
• Haberdashery items

Please contact Dawn Barlow on 0161 366 5082 for the latest Haggle ‘n’ Barter updates or better still visit Dawn and her team in the Haggle ‘n’ Barter room.

(Haggle ‘n’ Barter testimonial) “This is just what we need in these difficult times: things like this really bring the community together; it reminds me of the 1950’s – people really pulled together then”

Kids @ The Park Café

The Park Café is available to privately hire from3.00pm most week days and at the weekends; we can cater for any themed or activity party such as hands-on cookery class or gardening.

Recipes

We have compiled a list of some delicious recipes you may want to try which include some of the following:-

• Soups
• Salads
• Main courses
• Cakes & puddings

Links

The café is piggy-backing national TV campaigns, such as

• Jamie Oliver’s - Ministry of Food
• Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s ‘Landshare’ concept of grow and cook you own food.
  

We have also been inspired by these local & national organisations:

• Incredible Edible
• Hulme Community Garden
• Rubbish Revamped
  

The Park Café and event catering

• The Park Café provided catering for The Big Chat & Listen Here Conference and Splendid Weekend 2009
• ACE cycling event

We also host our own promotional celebration events, including:

• Halloween
• Christmas fair

Customer feedback & testimonials

“This café has got the ‘X’ factor! It’s won 1st prize”

“Lovely food & excellent coffee – service was warm & friendly”

“What a great welcome when we walked in your fab café. Wonderful food, beautifully presented and served with great charm from your delightful staff. We wish you the greatest success in this venture and hope that your popularity grows as more and more customers discover your charming café”

(Halloween) “The kids enjoyed their food and the activities of pumpkin making, ghost pears and spooky tangerines. Brilliant fun”

“Arrived at 1pm, stayed ‘til 3pm. Best 2 hours I spent for ages. Kids loved it too!”

“Fandabidoozey!”

“What a difference it makes when you are served with a smile”

“What a wonderful experience our visit was. Our 2 grandsons ate everything and the food was so nicely presented and delicious. The atmosphere is perfect”

“Delicious home-made soup”

“How lovely especially the pink settees!”

“Wonderful place, scone was delightful. Staff were very friendly and the prices very reasonable. A little gem of a place”

“Enjoyed every minute with my grandson in your café, very warm & welcoming”

“Fabulous. It was worth the 2 buses and 3 trains to get here!”

Volunteering at The Park Café

We are registered with the Volunteer Bureau in Ashton-u-Lyne and offer volunteering opportunities for those interested in supporting people with learning disabilities in the workplace. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please register your expression of interest with the Volunteer Bureau.

All the images on this page are courtesy of Matt Priestley, Ian Howarth and Jane Sebire.

Contact Information
Send us a Message	The Park Cafe Bayley Hall Hyde Park SK14 4JX  View local map
0161 366 5082