Staff required

Rowell's leaving... and we're all going to miss him loads. This is going to leave a vacant post to fill in the cafes, so if you fancy applying, have a look at this advert...

Make A Difference!

Project Worker Catering, 39 Hours

£13,436 - £15,146

Innovate Trust supports people with learning disabilities to live valued lives within their communities.

We are looking for a person with cooking experience who can carry out all aspects of running a catering enterprise. You will also be required to assist people with learning disabilities to learn these skills. You will need enthusiasm and initiative to carry out this varied role.

A driving licence is desirable.

An Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau disclosure is required.

The closing date for this position is Monday 8^th June 2009.

For an application pack please e:mail

christine.cousins@innovate-trust.org.uk

Alternatively call Christine on (029) 2039 1951.

If you would like more information about the role, please contact Rob Khoo on 07984421808 or rob@parkviewcafe.org.uk

Please note CVs are not accepted.

INNOVATE TRUST is committed to

becoming an equal opportunities employer

Dragon Coffee

Many thanks to Robin at Dragon Coffee for supplying us with some rather nice Vietnamese Trung Nguyen coffee beans. There's a website here if you would like to know some more about it.

More Big Lottery cake stuff...

South Wales Echo Article here, and a BBC news one here.

Big Lottery giant cake!

Well, it was huge! Innovate Trust and Parkview have been receiving funding from the Big Lottery Fund for the last few years, and they chose us to show to the public how their money is spent on good causes. To publicise this, we had a five foot wide lottery ball themed cake built in the cafe, which was decorated with the help of our trainees. It was a great day, something we'll remember for many years to come! Here's a few pictures...

The sun is out...

... and it feels positively spring-like round here. We've had Baltic Cafe renovated in the last couple of weeks if you happen to be in the WCVA building in Cardiff Bay; and the menu has changed again in Parkview (check it out on the menu pages). We're going to be having a bib publicity event for the Big Lottery, who contribute a lot towards the funding of Parkview - this will be happening on Tuesday April 21st in the Cafe (and hopefully outside it as well), with all sorts of stuff (tbc) going on. Lastly, we will be closed for a few days over Easter - Good Friday, Easter Monday, and the following Tuesday. Cheers all!

Park View Restaurant.

We're currently in the process of applying for funding from the Big Lottery so that we can open the cafe for longer - in the evenings and on the weekend. Part of our application is getting as many views and opinions from as many people as possible; the more the merrier really! If you would like to be involved in the consultation process, or if you would just like to let us know what you think about these ideas, then we would love to hear from you. You can either speak to Rob in the cafe, or email us on rob@parkviewcafe.org.uk. Cheers!

Winter's here...

Well there's snow swirling around outside at the moment... hope everyone is managing to stay warm. Lots of warming winter food on the menu at the moment, our homemade soups are selling by the bucketload! Vanessa has managed to break her ankle falling off her bike on some icy roads, in case you were wondering what we've done with her; hopefully she should be back with us fairly soon. And we've had a new trainee start on Thursday as well, Emma Stokes, so say hello if you see her. And take care on those icy roads!