At Maple Park Café, we have always believed that a café can be much more than somewhere to buy a cup of coffee. It can be a place of comfort, conversation, reflection and quiet support. Recently, David was invited to join Nichola Reeder on Over My Dead Poddy for an episode called “Brewing Community Through Grief.” The podcast explores conversations around death, funerals, grief and the questions many people often feel unable to ask. For Maple Park Café, this was a very meanin

Really pleased to have taken part as a speaker at this year’s London Coffee Festival on the panel: ☕ “More than just a coffee: A spotlight on community” A huge thank you to Nichola Reeder for inviting me to be part of such an interesting discussion alongside Jayne Cromwell from Carnival Coffee Roasters and Cemal Ezel OBE from Change Please. We spoke about the changing role of cafés as community spaces and the reality that community doesn’t just happen by accident. It takes pl

Christmas Day can be a wonderful time for families and friends to come together, but for many people it can also be one of the loneliest days of the year. Last Christmas, we wanted to do something simple that might make a difference locally, so we opened our doors for a free Christmas Day afternoon tea. The idea wasn’t about putting on a grand event. It was about creating a warm, welcoming space where people could come for a chat, a cup of tea and some company, whether they w