Topaz Cafe - Legacy Page

21/06/2022

After many great years of running a vegetarian café, following lockdown we have collaborated with members of the community to “co-design” on how best to use this space.

The co-design results indicated more of a community shared space, therefore the Topaz Café will not be reopening, instead we will be launching Communi-tea!

Communi-tea will be a space for varied events for the community to use, including pop up cafes, coffee mornings, and various groups such as knit and natter, mindfulness groups etc. We are currently in the process of designing the space and are seeking funding to change the physical space.

Thank you to all the people that have helped us and thank you to the community who supported Topaz throughout it's lifetime!
If anyone wants to get involved in the next steps please get in touch with Caroline by emailing: [email protected]

15/10/2021

We are in the process of re-branding and re-launching our community café space which will be working alongside our new Wellbeing Hub offer. Our aim for the café is for it to become a welcoming place for members of the public, service users, and staff to feel welcomed and relaxed, offering activities to help boost their mental wellbeing whilst enjoying simple and wholesome food and drinks.

We have already had some fantastic ideas and feedback from our co-production group consisting of service users, staff, and volunteers, and will be implementing these over the coming months.

Our first big change will be the name of the café. Currently known as the Topaz Café, feedback from our group was that it didn’t have a clear message, and that some assumed the café was for service users only. So, we would like to hear from you. We have two final choices for our name, please take a look and let us know in the comments below what you’d like our new café to be called:

- Communi-Tea
- Café Revive

13/04/2021

For anyone interested in tips and ideas for this April. Free to share and download.

April is . During the lockdown, we created and distributed our Mental Wellbeing Self Help Guide. It's free and full of tips, ideas and pictures! You can take a look and download it here: https://www.togmind.org/news/practical-tips-and-ideas

13/04/2021

We're recruiting and have extended this closing date to Sunday 2nd May - Do you know anyone who may be interested?
Please help spread the word.

We're recruiting!

At the moment we're looking to recruit a Counsellor to join the Education Mental Health Support Team in Oldham. The role will be based within education settings providing therapeutic support to Young People.

Learn more and apply: https://www.togmind.org/vacancies

31/03/2021

Today is the final day of our emergency appeal. We want to thank all 369 supporters for some truly remarkable fundraising during very difficult times.

It's unlikely we'll hit our target before the end of the day but every penny helps.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/TOGMindCoronavirusAppeal

23/03/2021

On 23 March, let's come together to reflect on our collective loss, support those who’ve been bereaved, and hope for a brighter future.

22/03/2021

The local Oldham Mental Health System are looking to establish the Oldham Living Well Collaborative. The Oldham Collaborative is a group of leaders and change makers, including leaders and professionals from the NHS, Local Authority, voluntary sector workers, people with lived experience and carers. Over the next year we will be holding regular working groups aimed at designing a new service model for mental health that will be co-produced and improve access and outcomes to our local residents.

The first session is planned for 1st April, and we would like to invite service users who have experience of Oldham’s Mental health service to join us for this. We are looking for around 7 or 8 people to join us. It is important that people feel able to speak comfortably about their experience and that they are confident to do so. The session will be for around 30 people and it will be via Zoom. We will of course be available to support before and after the event and can provide guidance beforehand as well.

Please contact Emma Balfe Community and Business Development Director for more information on email: [email protected] or phone 0161 330 9223.