Alongside the cafe and kitchen, we also provide space for community services and support networks. For more than 10 years St Luke's Church in Thurnby has had a vision to create a place of welcome and community, of help and hope for all in the local area.
We are repurposing and extending the unused Pavilion next to Manor Park in Thurnby into a bright and welcoming community cafe where all kinds of people can meet together and where you can find help in all kinds of practical ways.
The name Cafe Fifty Five comes from the opening verses of Isaiah chapter Fifty Five.
"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat...listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare."
Building work began in January 2023 and our hope is for Cafe Fifty Five to be opening some time in late autumn 2023.