Would you like to help to keep this wonderful project running? Then create an account, and sign up for a shift! We really need you! We also need more people to help us with cafe management and planning. Please contact us for more information on how to get involved, thanks!! :)
Welcome!
The Café Project is a non-profit, volunteer-run café, bookswapping library, art gallery, discussion and performance space in the heart of Cambridge on 22 Jesus Lane. We are open in the evenings, but sometimes also host events during the day. Our café is cosy, eclectic, improvised, and open to everyone, to students and non-students. Come and treat yourself with some scrumptious and ethical goodies! (Check the opening times.) Or better still, volunteer!
Submitted by mo on Mon, 13/03/2028 - 01:34.
Opening Times
For the summer we will be open weekday evenings and all day Fridays, (sorry no sunday afternoons - enjoy the sunshine instead!)
Monday 7.30pm-11pm - Amnesty International letter writing from 8pm
Tuesday 7.30pm-11pm
Wednesday 7.30pm-11pm
Thursday 7.30pm-11pm - Transition Towns fortnightly, Feminist Philosophy fortnightly
Friday 11am-7pm - All Day Fridays raising money for the Lesbian Association of India
Submitted by Ali on Sat, 25/04/2009 - 10:01.
General Meeting Wednesday 17th June 6pm - be there!
We are having a long-overdue general meeting in the cafe from 6pm - 7pm, please come along if you'd like to get involved in the running of the cafe.
Agenda includes:
summer openings, preparation for autumn/michaelmas term, health and safety(!), all day fridays, events...
Submitted by Ali on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 20:57.
Cambridge University Open Day
02/07/2009 - 09:00
02/07/2009 - 18:30
Cafe opening for prospective students attending the university open day. In response to this callout from the CUSU access officer:
Open Days - Opportunity for your Society CUSU is organising a ��~student life�� section for the University open days from 10am-1pm on 2 and 3 July. As part of this, we will have stands on various aspects of student life, including sport, journalism, drama, music, politics and societies. We are looking for volunteers to help run these stands, by talking to prospective students about your societies and student life in general. We will also be looking for information, posters or pictures to put on display boards around the room. If you would like to be involved or to advertise your society, please contact Charlotte Richer at access@cusu.cam.ac.uk as soon as possible.
Submitted by Emilia on Wed, 10/06/2009 - 18:35.
National Vegetarian Week
22/05/2009 - 11:00
22/05/2009 - 19:30
ITS NATIONAL VEGETARIAN WEEK 2009
NVW is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Celebrated by the Vegetarian Society since 1992, the Week is now an established event and everyone from small businesses to big corporations, schools, community groups and individuals join in to make the week a success.
This year the cafe is getting involved!!!!!
Join us this Friday, 22nd May from 11am - 7:30pm
Try our vegetarian Chilli con Queso with pitta bread and salad for just £3 (there will be a vegan option)
AND..... we are running a competition!! Bring in your favourite Vegetarian meal recipe idea to be in with a chance of winning a free meal for two the following week and your recipe idea being served in the cafe!
Submitted by molly on Wed, 20/05/2009 - 10:16.
The Cafe Project's Birthday!
02/05/2009 - 19:30
02/05/2009 - 23:00
We are now ready to celebrate our first birthday, and would like to invite Come meet up with old friends and new volunteers of our brightly coloured
A year ago, the cafe project opened its doors in the centre of Cambridge,
providing a student-run space with comfy sofas, smiling volunteers and
ridiculously cheap tea. Over the last year the project has grown, the cakes
are yummier, new volunteers have joined, and various societies and groups
have come feel at home in the cafe.
you to the cafe, on Saturday the 2nd of May, at 7:30pm for live music, pass
the parcel and tea tasting. We would also like to use this occasion to
thank Jesus College for its support, and it's about time we paid up the
agreed rent, (one peppercorn).
"anarchist-squat meets primary school" space, and help us blow the candle
out.
Submitted by Margot on Mon, 16/03/2009 - 19:46.
General Meeting
24/02/2009 - 21:00
24/02/2009 - 22:00
Come along - it'll be fun!
Note change of time - starting at 9.
Come and enjoy the fresh cakes!
Submitted by Margot on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 16:36.
Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday: 19:30 - 23:00
Friday: 11 am - 11 pm (All Day Fridays!)
Submitted by Margot on Sat, 11/10/2008 - 01:53.
Repainting of the Cafe - August 2008
The Cafe was repainted on the 16th and 17th of August - it's looking really good now! Here are some pictures - but you need to come and look at the space to really see what it's like. We're going to continue decorating tomorrow morning (10am, Saturday the 23rd August) - come and join us if you're interested in putting up shelves...
Submitted by Emilia on Tue, 19/08/2008 - 13:52.
Welfare Wednesdays @ the Cafe Project
This year, CUSU Welfare wants to start tackling some of the taboo subjects that Welfare Campaigns deal with: ‘Why are we living through a sexual health epidemic in this country?’, ‘How can we promote positive body image and tackle eating disorders?’, ‘How does student depression affect studies?’. To truly tackle these issues we need to start understanding them from the grass roots. Every week, CUSU Welfare will be posing controversial questions to do with a range of issues and invite you to come and discuss them with us. The cafe project is hosting it: helping us bring together students and the local community and get to grips with welfare issues affecting our society today. For more information email welfare@cusu.cam.ac.uk or come along, Wednesdays from 5-6.30 during term time (15th October to 3rd December).
Submitted by agw31 on Mon, 18/08/2008 - 14:40.
Volunteers needed!!
The Café Project is completely volunteer-run -- and we always need more volunteers: to serve in the café, to bake cakes, to decorate the space, and to manage and plan various aspects of running the café. Volunteering is fun -- come and join us! If you'd like to be part of the project (or if you already are), please sign up and join our mailing list!
Submitted by mo on Wed, 09/04/2008 - 10:21.
cafeproject.org launch!
This is the launch of the Café Project website at cafeproject.org! Hopefully, this site will assist the running of the project in the times to come.
All this would not have been possible without the help of my friends Timwi and Roman, who are hosting our website on their server free of charge. Thanks so much! Timwi has also spent countless hours setting up the underlying software and writing lots of excellent, customised code for the Café Project. If you like the dynamic features of the website (in particular the volunteer time-slot/role system, or the café mailing list subscription system), please send him an email: <cafeproject[AT]timwi.de>.
Submitted by mo on Sun, 06/04/2008 - 02:03.
