Warm Welcome Cafe

Sundays 12-4pm

Pop Up Cafe
*Food served from 1pm
at GAMH Community Hub
25 Ashley Street, G3 6DR

If you are feeling isolated, would like to meet new people in your community - or if you are struggling with food prices going up or worried about your bills then do come along to our Warm Welcome Cafe.

The Cafe can be found at GAMH Community Hub (23-25 Ashley St, G3 6DR) on a weekly basis on Sundays 12pm - 4pm. We provide a friendly welcome, a cuppa and a hot meal. Food is served from 1pm; and we provide a two-course meal run on a drop-in basis, with no need to book.

Our Warm Welcome Café is free and open to everyone. If you would like to support our work and can afford to donate, you can make a voluntary donation on a sliding scale.

If you are interested in volunteering at the Warm Welcome Cafe, please email xander@woodlandscommunity.org.uk to learn about how you can get involved.

Buy forward a meal for someone in need

You can help our cafe support more people, by making a donation and buying forward a meal.

£5 buys a hot meal and drink for one person,
£10 helps 2 people
£25 helps 5 people
£50 helps 10 people
£100 helps 20 people

A huge highlight of our year is our annual iftar community meal for Ramadan.

Alongside serving special community meals during regular cultural celebrations, for Lunar New Year, Refugee Festival Scotland, and
our Diwali celebrations.

Timeline of our Community Cafe

2014: Cafe first opens in Fred Paton Centre to only two attendees on first evening. The meal would go on to serve a three-course meal to 60-80 people with the help of around 20 volunteers every week. Promoting healthy eating, plant-based diets, and promoting food dignity and community.

March 2020: Cafe closes due to covid-19 pandemic.

April 2020: Woodlands, along with QCHA, Community Central Hall, Flourish House and Bike for Good, launched and delivered our Neighbourhood Food Service, cooking, freezing, and delivering 1000s of plant-based meals, as well as grocery bags to shielding members of the community.

July 2021: Cafe re-opens on our outdoor Events Terrace to limited numbers and with social distancing.

October 2021: Outdoor cafe pauses due to returning covid restrictions around social gatherings.

March 2022: Two research papers were produced focused on our community cafe.

Woodlands Community Cafe and Veg Box Scheme. Integrating anti-poverty and climate breakdown work (Maggie Kelly, March 2022)
 - a policy paper that focuses more on our work in relation to tackling climate change.

Addressing Community Need, Woodlands Community Food Work Evaluation (Dr Helen Traill, March 2022)
- research report that focuses on community cafe and our pandemic food response

April 2022: Cafe re-opens on Events Terrace

January 2023: Cafe re-opens indoors for the first time in nearly three years at GAMH Community Hub (formally named Flourish House ), where it has been ever since.

Find out more about the impact of our community food work.
Read our evaluation reports.