Little Cup of Joy is based around our high profile Rural Coffee Connect barista van. We travel to rural communities across Leicestershire & Rutland and pop up a safe and welcoming informal café space for people to enjoy a hot drink, chat, and build connections with their community.
Through Little Cup of Joy we want to keep everyone connected with their community, ensuring those at risk of loneliness or poor mental health are supported, and anyone suffering is connected with someone who can help. Whilst this sounds like a huge job, we believe that by keeping things simple and working together with communities we can make a big impact on combatting loneliness. Our tried and tested approach is based around three C's: Coffee, Conversation, and Community. By combining these basic elements we will build connections, confidence, and help people overcome loneliness and other mental wellbeing challenges.
We visit rural areas - so keep an eye out for our next stops!
www.ruralcc.org.uk/little-cup-of-joy
We chat to local residents, supporting with local information and knowledge about what's on, groups, clubs, and how they can get out and about more to tackle social isolation and loneliness.
We are trained MH First Aiders so are also able to help attendees find local mental health support and signpost on if they are struggling.