Friendship Cafe

Everyone in Cork is invited to come along to a welcoming social space in Cork City Library over the autumn and winter months.

Maebh O'Callaghan SERVE Volunteer Programme 2024 Ireland to Philippines table of plenty
Maebh O'Callaghan (1st from left) from SERVE with our partners The Presentation Sisters in Cebu, Philippines who work closely with the Badjao community

The Friendship Café is a welcoming social space for people from all community backgrounds can share their experience and ideas.

We’re co-hosting the cafés with Think Speak Do Community Engagement in Cork City Library.

There will be a different theme at each Friendship Café. Everyone’s invited for casual chats. There will be tea, coffee, biccies.

This is a family friendly event.

We will have few toys and colouring pages to keep children busy while parents/child-minders can enjoy the chats.

The schedule and themes are mentioned below. Click on each date to read more.

Sept 21st @ 2:30pm in Thomas Davis Room, Cork City Library

Theme: Food

Guest speakers are: Aisling Kett from Cork Zero Waste and Anna Juda, a SERVE alumnus & Graduate Engineer who will share her experience of community cooking in Cebu, Philippines with the Badjao community.

This Friendship Cafe in the series is also part of European Sustainable Development Week.

 

Oct 10th @ 2:30pm in Thomas Davis Room, Cork City Library

Theme: Mental Health

Guest speakers TBA.

Sat 16th Nov @ 2:30pm in Thomas Davis Room, Cork City Library

Theme: Power of Community

Guest speakers TBA

Sat Sept 23rd @ 2:30pm in Thomas Davis Room, Cork City Library

Theme: Storytelling

Guest speakers TBA

Wed Dec 11th @ 2:30pm in Thomas Davis Room, Cork City Library

Theme: Power of Mind

Guest speakers TBA

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