Park Life Cafe Ltd

General information

Park Life Café is located in the Old Pavillion in the centre of Calder Holmes offering the various groups of park users a core amenity, adding value to life in the park.

Park Life Café's ingredients sourced from local suppliers and fair-trade and organic wherever possible.
Consisting of:
• Hot and cold drinks including a range of teas and coffees, fresh smoothies and milkshakes.
• Hot and cold food including home-baked treats, freshly made sandwiches, soup and chilli, chips and burgers.
• Seasonal variations of the menu will be available
• A range of tasty vegetarian and Vegan alternatives
• A breakfast menu

The café will also holds the licence to sell ice cream on the park and will be selling a wide range of interesting flavours from the hatch.

Customers will be able to sit in the small but fresh and welcoming café or enjoy the sunshine on the flagged seating area.
People just passing through may just want to take away, for which the containers will be bio-degradable and eco-friendly.

Park Life Café will also provide a much needed social hub on the park and will support the recreational aspect of Park Life by selling a small selection of leisure equipment and skate/BMX/scooter parts.

Park Life Café will also provide free wifi to the diverse groups of existing park users which will in turn attract more people to enjoy the space.

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Kim & Charlie
Who We are

We are both qualified Youth and Community Development Workers. We have both held positions of responsibility in this field whilst working for Calderdale Children and Young People’s Service.

Kim played a key role in supporting the young people in Hebden Bridge in the design and development of their skatepark. He supported them in fundraising and helped them to engage with the community and local decision makers. He has also been a key supporter of the Fair For Youth events that have taken place on Calder Holmes Park for the last two years.
We both sit on the committee for Friends of Calder Holmes Park and attend regular meetings.

Charlie worked as assistant manager in the Organic House Café in Hebden Bridge. The time spent in this role has provided invaluable knowledge, experience and skills in the service/ café industry. She has a natural ability and flair for excellent customer service.

We have spent a significant period working in partnership. This occurred at Mytholmroyd Youth Club which Kim ran for the last three years. We made an excellent team, drawing on each others’ strengths and creating a wonderful atmosphere in which young people thrived and developed personally and socially.

We are passionate about community and endeavour to use our strong value base to inform the running of a sustainable, ethical and stable small business.