Welcome to the Second Chance Café
This space belongs to everyone.
Open every Friday, 11am - 2pm
PLEASE NOTE: We will be closed 12th June; reopen 19th
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.
Our Impact
40,000+
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.
50+
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.
61
Months serving Stoke Newington
Open for lunch since April 2021.
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.
