Following a successful trial earlier this summer, Advocacy in Wirral's Food4GoodMood Cafe has re-opened it's doors to happy customers in Victoria Central Hospital, Wallasey.

The cafe offers a wide range of food and drink designed around the idea that what we eat can affect our mood.  There's plenty of science to back this up, and as a mental health charity we're pleased to be providing a new service that we're sure will be popular with visitors to the community hospital.

Cafe manager Lisa Shaw is looking forward to developing the range of soups, sandwiches, cakes and pastries on offer.

Pictured here (from left to right) are cafe assistants Tracey Wallace and Helen Gore, together with Lisa.

The cafe will be part of AiW's social enterprise, Building Bridges, and the hope is that it will create jobs at the same time as providing extra income to our charity.

Feedback after the earlier trial has been taken on board, and the cafe now offers a full range of speciality coffees, including cappucino, espresso and latte, which is sure to be a hit with visitors.

So, why not pop by and sample the fare?  The cafe can be found on the first floor at VCH in Mill Lane, Wallasey and is open Monday to Friday between 10am and 3pm.  Follow the smell of freshly-baked cakes and you won't go far wrong!

Building Bridges is a new Social Enterprise set up by Advocacy in Wirral to develop a new range of services built around the theme of mental health recovery.

Thanks to a grant from the Social Enterprise Investment Fund, we've been able to consult on the future work of Building Bridges, and are currently finalising a business plan.  As part of the consultation, we've commissioned four short adverts, (based around the Ways to Mental Well-being promoted by the New Economics Foundation).

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