Say hello at our Community Café

A photo of the Research Café at St. Deny's Church Hall on Walmgate.

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June 22, 2025

Say hello at our Community Café

Our Insights Café offers a welcoming and safe space where you can relax, enjoy free food, and connect with others. It’s also a place for open conversation, where you can share your experiences of York, discuss what works and what doesn’t, and help shape meaningful changes in our community.

You can find us every Monday, 1-3pm  and now every Thursday 1130-130pm at St Deny’s Community hub, Walmgate, YO1 9QD.

Mondays tend to be more cuppa and connection and our Thursdays aim to be more action themed activities, where we discuss the changes or improvements you would like to see delivered in our city in the services you access for support around various things like housing, welfare help, health and inequality.

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