A fundraising campaign has been launched to help support The Hub Community Café in Letham, Perth, with organisers calling on the local community for support.
Run by local charity Letham4All, the café has become an important lifeline for many people across the area. Open seven days a week and offering free soft play facilities, it provides a warm, welcoming and affordable space where people can meet, connect and feel part of the community.
Now, rising operational costs are putting pressure on the café’s ability to keep on their current path, prompting the charity to launch a Crowdfunder campaign with a target of £5,000.
The Hub says the café supports a wide range of people every day, including older adults experiencing loneliness, families struggling with the cost of living, young people looking for connection, volunteers building confidence and local groups meeting for support and friendship.
For many visitors, organisers say it is one of the few places they can go without pressure, judgement or expectation.
In a statement on the campaign page, organisers said: “Our Community Café is much more than somewhere to have a coffee. It is a safe, welcoming and affordable space where people come together every day to connect, reduce isolation, improve wellbeing and feel part of their community.”
Funds raised through the campaign will help keep the café affordable and accessible, support community wellbeing activities, reduce social isolation and continue volunteering and employability opportunities.
The campaign is also supported through the Aviva Community Fund matched-funding programme, meaning donations could potentially have an even greater impact.
Letham4All is encouraging anyone who has used the café, attended activities at The Hub or simply wants to support a valuable local resource to consider donating or sharing the campaign.
Organisers added: “By supporting this campaign, you are not simply funding a café. You are helping create connection, dignity, inclusion, opportunity, wellbeing and community resilience.”
People can support the campaign through the official Crowdfunder page.