AN EVENDONS cafe says a donation from Wokingham Lions has helped it keep its doors open.
Kimel Community Cafe was launched to help people with autism and other additional needs gain valuable work experience and life skills, while also being a community meeting place.
However, when a sinkhole open in Evendons Lane last autumn, the road leading to the cafe was closed, bringing a catastrophic decline in traffic.
To help, members of Wokingham Lions made a donation to help the cafe’s organisers get through this period.
Although Wokingham Lions made the donation in January, at its meeting on Sunday, April 2, the group held an “official” big cheque presentation.
Nic Lander, founder of the Kimel Community Café said: ‘It’s simple… without Wokingham Lions Club’s amazing donation we would have had to close the doors and lay the staff off.”
Now, the Lions are looking forward to a busy few weeks ahead, including the Wokingham Walk on Sunday, April 23, and the Wokingham May Fayre on May Day holiday Monday, May 1.
But before that, on Saturday they will be holding an information stall in Market Place.
Members will be present from 9.30am to 4pm, and situated in a blue gazebo.
For more details, log on to: www.wokinghamlions.org.uk, or call: 0345 8337384.
