Edgewords: Renewal – the Contributors

Thank you to everyone who submitted a piece for Edgewords: Renewal.
Here are the writers whose submissions will be included in the anthology:

Lulu Agate

Simone Chalkley

Joanna Darking

Janis Ford

Dot Foster

Ellis Hociej

Victor Ibanez

Edward Lloyd Jenkins

Katya Lubarr

Mark McGivern

Romily McNulty

Laura Morley

Anthology launch – save the date!

Edgewords: Renewalwill be launched in the evening on Saturday 8 December at The Edge Café. All contributors to the anthology will be invited to read/perform their work at the event. Last year’s launch was lots of fun and a huge success; this year’s will, no doubt, be even better.

About Edgewords

Edgewordsstarted life in a writing workshop run by Oblique Arts and held at The Edge Café under the direction of Jean Dark. It is being continued as an annual publication – edited by Jean Dark, Lisa Evans and Munizha Ahmad-Cooke – to raise funds for The Edge Café’s work, supporting people in recovery from addiction.

A few years ago, funding was awarded to build a recovery hub in Cambridge, a working café open to the public but with a recovery-based focus. The café forms a visible, public-facing demonstration of the possibility of recovery from substance misuse, generating opportunities both for people in recovery, and for the wider community.

Situated on the site of Brookfields Hospital, on our walls you'll find a different artist in residence each month, and throughout the week we provide a wide programme of workshops and music, spoken word and interactive events that are open to all.

Our Menu

Our specials change daily, and we are proud to partner with FareShare to combat food waste and hunger in the UK. Food that would otherwise be wasted by supermarkets gets turned into delicious meals, and everything that we don't use is free for customers to take home.

Further Information

If you have any food allergies, please ask a member of staff and we will adapt your meal accordingly.

We have gluten free bread, wraps and scones and there is always a gluten free sweet treat available.

Nuts are used in the kitchen so we cannot class the Café as nut free.

Our Food

Please check the blackboard for daily specials.

Our food is prepared to order so please inform us if you are in a hurry.

Please ask if you would like a variation to the menu; we will accomodate you in any way we can.

If you would like to phone through an order for collection at a specified time, you can do so on 01223 212478.

Our Mission

We believe that what we can grow a network of positive relationships and experiences that stretch from our cafe and out into the world, by bringing people together & helping build social stability in each others' lives.

We will provide a beautiful, safe, warm, drug & alcohol free space and community to anchor people in the sustained recovery they need to gain and maintain access to housing, social & health services, healthy relationships, education and employment. By sharing experiences & knowledge, linking with our local community & recovery groups, offering peer support & mentoring, promoting healthy social values, supporting emotional wellbeing and arranging social events we believe peoples lives can & do change for the better.

Families & Carers

It can be a terrible shock to find out that someone in your family is misusing drugs or alcohol whether they are a child, brother or sister, or your partner. You may feel that there is nowhere to turn and you may be worried about all sorts of consequences, from dealing with the law to worrying about how other people will react. Serious drug or alcohol problems in the family can create incredible tension and distress but it’s important to remember that family communication and support can make a real difference. Although you may feel alone, rest assured you’re not: there are many other people experiencing the same things as you. You have a vital role to play and there are people out there who can help.

Inclusion offers a support service for the families of adults who misuse drugs or alcohol. They are able to provide a safe and confidential place to talk, offer information and coping strategies, and signpost to other relevant services. To find out more access the ‘Families Zone’ via the link: http://www.inclusion-cambridgeshire.org.uk/families-zone/

FareShare

The Edge Café are delighted to be working with FareShare. As part of their mission to cut down on food waste and to combat hunger, FareShare redistribute good food destined for waste to charities and community groups who turn it into nutritional meals for vulnerable people.

The fresh, quality food is delivered to The Edge Café on a Friday, and we use as much of it as we can to populate our excellent specials menu. How much and what food varies week-to-week, so our specials are always changing depending on what we receive. Anything that we do not use in the kitchen is free for customers or visitors to take.

For more info about what FareShare do nationwide, you can get some details and statistics from their website or from the infographic here.

Contact Us

OFFICE

The Edge Café,
351 Mill Road, Cambridge,
CB1 3DF

PHONE

Café: 01223 212 478

Andy: 07848 871323

RECOVERY COORDINATOR

CAFÉ MANAGER

The Hayman Room

The Edge Café offers a meeting room for commercial, community and charity hire at reasonable rates. The Hayman Room offers facilities that include broadband access, AV equipment and SMART Board. Please consult the options below for price and availability.

Before booking please read the Room Rental Agreement in full. By continuing, you accept the terms and conditions therein.

Careers At The Edge

Exhibition Calendar

Calling All Creatives!

The Edge Café is Cambridge’s new recovery hub; a community café with a recovery heart. We are a social enterprise providing opportunities and peer support to people in recovery from substance misuse. We are open to the public and to the community, playing host to live events, workshops, exhibitions and damn good coffee.

At the moment it is a blank canvas, which is where YOU come in. We are looking for artists who wish to exhibit their work in a vibrant café environment. Each exhibiting artist adorns the walls for one month, with their work playing a large part in how customers experience the café and the project’s overall aesthetic. It’s important stuff, and we need beautiful things and beautiful people to make it happen.

Across the month of exhibition, we invite the exhibiting artist to curate an element of the café’s what’s on programme in collaboration with The Edge. This can be a workshop, talk or live event that relates to the themes of your work – we’re open to ideas! The most important thing is that it’s open to all, and adds value to The Edge as a hub for the community. We’d also fully support you to host a private view to launch the exhibition.

To apply, please send a short paragraph about yourself, what medium you work in, examples of your work (attach or link), and a short paragraph about what the word “recovery” means to you.

Support Us

The journey of developing a ‘Recovery Hub’ for Cambridgeshire started as a vision over 2 years ago. We saw that there was a something missing, people who were leaving specialist treatment services didn't have a place to go that they could call their own, to support them to sustain long term recovery and prevent relapse. It's been a very long journey, but now this vision is finally coming to life.

The cafe has been very lucky to date and has already been offered countless hours of support and donations from organisations and individuals, and funders. We'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you.

If you would like to support us in making the Cambridge Recovery Hub happen, you can do so by donating or by offering practical help. Do you work with an organisation you feel we'd work well with too? Do you have a specific skill that you wish to put to work for a good cause? Are you in recovery yourself and wish to get involved? We'd love to hear from you!

Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering at The Edge, please fill out the form below, or contact Andrew Ahmad-Cooke at andy@theedgecafecambridge.com

Edgewords: Renewal – the Contributors

Thank you to everyone who submitted a piece for Edgewords: Renewal.
Here are the writers whose submissions will be included in the anthology:

Lulu Agate

Simone Chalkley

Joanna Darking

Janis Ford

Dot Foster

Ellis Hociej

Victor Ibanez

Edward Lloyd Jenkins

Katya Lubarr

Mark McGivern

Romily McNulty

Laura Morley

Anthology launch – save the date!

Edgewords: Renewalwill be launched in the evening on Saturday 8 December at The Edge Café. All contributors to the anthology will be invited to read/perform their work at the event. Last year’s launch was lots of fun and a huge success; this year’s will, no doubt, be even better.

About Edgewords

Edgewordsstarted life in a writing workshop run by Oblique Arts and held at The Edge Café under the direction of Jean Dark. It is being continued as an annual publication – edited by Jean Dark, Lisa Evans and Munizha Ahmad-Cooke – to raise funds for The Edge Café’s work, supporting people in recovery from addiction.