Be With Them When You Can't Be Near Them

A really worthwhile idea - tablet devices in Intensive Care Units so that families can communicate with their loved ones.  Donations at https://justgiving.com/campaign/life-lines

Award Winning Coffee

Good Coffee Doing Good from Change Places

Easy Peasy

 Fund-raising idea at the National Trust's Cliveden cafe

French Show the Way?

 

 Cojean has some interesting salads - cod & quinoa - good value mini rolls and specials

Cojean also gives 10% of its profits to a charity that fights poverty in some of the poorest communities in the world.

Hydration Help

Bravo to Cafe in the Park, Rickmansworth who raised over £7,000 last year for WaterAid (and £800 already this year) with their free, unlimited, filtered water.

Warm Messages

 Costa's charity foundation - funding schools in coffee-growing communities

A Good Drink

 ChariTea (and its sister drink LemonAid) is a socially responsible and high quality cold drink.

They also have some ways of reusing the bottles into shakers and liquid dispensers @ChariTeaUK

Seasonal Cheer

 Wasabi's festive sushi boxes

 Leon's Christmas Wrap.  Great Cafes awards its prize for seasonal cheer to Pret and its practical campaign to help the homeless help themselves - watch their great video Opening Doors

Cafe of the Year 2016

We gave our Cafe of the Year last year to a social enterprise in Norwich.  This year it is Lincoln's Rising Cafe run by charity BetelUK that gets our vote.

 See http://www.risingcafe.co.uk/ for more about how they help those with addictions

 The charity BetelUK deserve a huge vote of thanks for their work and the quality of the cafe

  Afternoon teas are their speciality with Classic, American Alliance, Over the Border, Cream and Kids

Simple items done well - hot dogs, sandwiches, light bites and salads

100% to Charity

 Fabulous Rising Cafe in Lincoln operated by Christian charity Betel UK who help folk with drug and alcohol addiction.  See http://www.risingcafe.co.uk/ for more information on their cafes in Lincoln and Coventry.

 This shows how social enterprises can make a difference and run a highly successful cafe

 Retro cost effective design and featuring those who the charity has helped

Costa Keeps Britain Tidy

Costa donates 10p to Keep Britain Tidy every time a customer uses a reusable travel cup until 21st June.

Community Interest

 Cafe Sobar in Nottingham is a Community Interest Company with all profits going to the charity Double Impact http://www.doubleimpact.org.uk/ helping those recovering from addiction

@SobarNottm

Pirate Cafe

 Hackney Pirates in Dalston has a great cafe, wonderful ambiance (created for next to nothing out of reclaimed wood) and a heartening mission - to support local young people in their learning.

 Standard shop front but wonderful interior at The Ship of Adventures cafe. @ShipOAdventures

Basement learning space. @HackneyPirates

We ♥ Van

 Popular water in Vancouver that donates 10% of profits to help the homeless (see http://www.welovevan.com/ ) plus water in cardboard cartons (see http://www.boxedwaterisbetter.com/ ).  We now commence a season of what's new and interesting on the cafe scene in Vancouver plus launch a new blog to complement Great Cafes - Great Street Food at http://greatstreetfood.blogspot.co.uk/ We really do love Van.

Dog & Donations

Dog biscuits with 20p donation to local charities at Ode Cafe, Shaldon

Nice Details

 Supporting local charities

 Free WiFi

Design Touches

all at the Beach Cafe, Wells-next-the-Sea