A popular Plympton meeting place which plays an important part in relieving social isolation in the area has re-opened after being shut for over 17 months due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Harewood House coffee bar was formally re-opened by Lord Mayor Cllr Terri Beer in a ceremony at 10am on Monday September 6. As part of the ceremony one of the historic Plympton maces was brought along to the re-opening.
The Lord Mayor said:
“It was a huge and emotional pleasure to re-open Harewood House coffee bar and meet volunteers and residents.”
The coffee bar, which serves reasonably priced hot and cold drinks and snacks, will be open from 10am until approx 2pm Monday to Friday each week.
As well as providing an important community meeting place for social interaction between residents the coffee bar also serves as an important fundraising facility for the local groups and organisations whose volunteers run the coffee bar as a means of raising funds for their various causes.
Profits from the first week’s sales will go to the Lord Mayor’s two chosen charities, Bowel Cancer West and the NSPCC.
During the immediate following weeks the bar will be run by Plympton Gardeners (Sept 13 – 17 ), EE The Breakthrough Transformation Trust (Sept 20 – 25 ) and St Peter’s Lutheran Church (Sept 27 to Oct 1).
As part of COVID compliant measures the toilets at Harewood House are restricted to one person at a time, but both toilets are now unisex and visitors are asked to wear face masks when walking through the building.
(Story courtesy of the Plympton Podcast)
