Welcome to the Second Chance Café
This space belongs to everyone.
Open every Friday, 11am - 2pm
Our Mission
The Second Chance Café is a pay-as-you-feel community café that operates out of the St Mary’s Centre and serves as a gathering space for people from diverse backgrounds across Stoke Newington and beyond.
We have three principal missions: addressing food poverty, alleviating social isolation and reducing food waste.
We serve around 100 people per day, two-thirds of whom are economically disadvantaged, including many suffering from homelessness, unsettled immigration status, social isolation and mental health difficulties.
Not only does the Second Chance Café approach those who need it most, but it also to serves as a place of encounter, creating a space that actively breaks down prejudice and uplifts the value of people in each other's eyes.
Our Impact
30,000+
Plant-based Meals Served
Vegan and vegetarian meals made from upcycled, donated ingredients. Usually it’s some combination of soup, bread, coffee, tea, smoothies, and home-baked cakes, but our menu changes daily depending on what gets donated.
56
Months serving Stoke Newington
Open for lunch from 11 to 2 every Friday since June 2021.
80+
Active Volunteers
Run by a big welcoming team of committed volunteers from all over London, aged 5 to 89. Some cook, some serve, some clean — most do a little of everything.
Our Partners
We can only do so much alone. Our society faces huge, daunting challenges and we’re just a community café. To magnify our impact, we’ve partnered with a variety of local businesses and likeminded charities, all sharing the same aims of: reducing food poverty, food waste and social isolation.
Find us here, every Friday (11am-2pm)
