New pay-what-you-can-afford community café opens on Drake Street to help those struggling

The Roc & Rolls Community Café on Drake Street

A new community café for people who are struggling has opened on Drake Street.

The Roc & Rolls Community Café is a new venture aimed at helping those who are struggling after the pandemic.

Based at the Rochdale Reaching Out Centre, the café operates on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis to help people access healthy food and snacks at an affordable price, whilst providing a wide range of help and support from a qualified team.

The Reaching Out Centre was opened in April this year by the Sanctuary Trust charity, a new community building that provides a safe space for local people to come together and form meaningful relationships.

Read more: Reaching Out Centre opens on Drake StreetPublished: 30 April 2021

The Reaching Out Centre is also home to Angie’s Angels, the Pass It On furniture scheme and Real Change Rochdale, which all work with homelessness and homeless-related poverty and emergency homeless issues.

The Roc & Rolls Community Café is open 9.30am-2.30pm every Monday and Friday at 48-50 Drake Street, Rochdale.