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Carford Group has installed a new kitchen in a cafe at the Hampshire-based Lantern Community for adults with learning difficulties. The 10 year-old Busy Bee cafe at Ringwood sells hot snacks and teas. Run by manager Claire Seymour, it is staffed with a combination of community residents, staff and voluntary co-workers. It has been completely refurbished and is open to other community residents and the general public. Carford supplied and installed a chilled display unit, dishwasher, fridges and freezers, grills, Panini machine, ovens and stainless steel tables and shelves. The Lantern Community is a part of the Sheiling Trust and offers adults with learning difficulties a wide variety of adult education, life-skills, therapies, training and meaningful work opportunities suited to each individual's needs and interest. The Lantern's work facilities also include a shop, a bakery which supplies bread to over 250 people, a weavery, pottery, woodwork shop, vegetable market, woodland management, herb and vegetable gardens. The kitchens in the various households also give important training opportunities.
 Cafe manager Claire Seymour serving in the Busy Bee Cafe with resident Sarah Jones. Community spokesperson Immanuel Verhoeven said: "The cafe provides tremendous life-skills training and a real job for some of our residents - and with the refurbishment is becoming increasingly popular with local residents." |
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