The Apuldram Centre Cafe & Shop

General information

The Apuldram Centre is a registered charity formed in 1989.

The main aim is to provide meaningful day care to adults with learning disabilities, thus allowing our clients to achieve their full potential with help and encouragement towards a greater degree of independence, without removing the shield of care and support they require to lead full and independent lives. The centre is focused on integrating the tenants into the local community wherever possible using community based projects and employment opportunities.

Apuldram is a very relaxed and informal family orientated organisation that puts the care of clients at the forefront of objectives, whilst at the same time realising that finance and business opportunities are an important factor in being able to offer the best support.

The centre is open 5 days a week, with our shop open to the public from 10am - 4pm (Mon-Fri).

Our main departments are:
Horticulture. Tenants work both in the outside vegetable garden, glasshouses and polytunnels; all the seasonal produce is sold in the shop.

Kitchen. Working in the kitchen tenants learn cooking and domestic and life skills. The cakes, pastries, jams and chutneys are sold in the shop.

Contract Gardening. Apuldram provide a contract gardening service throughout Chichester and the surrounding area. If you are interested please contact us on 01243 783370.

Woodwork. Within the woodwork barn Apuldram make a variety of items, including bird tables, planters, animal hutches and at Christmas time, reindeers. The tenants under, supervision, also take on commissions to refurbish and restore furniture. Produce is sold from the site as well as at local fairs and community markets.

Art and Crafts. Tenants who attend Arts and Crafts sessions are encouraged to use a variety of media to explore their creative potential. During these sessions they use paint, drawing materials, papier-mache and modelling compounds to produce hyphenated: three-dimensional projects.