The Friends Café Appeal
Help us build a café for everyone
The Cathedral Café is the perfect place to enjoy a cup of coffee and enjoy the tranquillity of the garden. It is a social hub for visitors, volunteers and the cathedral community.
The Café project
The Cathedral Café is the perfect place to enjoy a cup of coffee and enjoy the tranquility of the garden. A social hub for visitors, volunteers and the cathedral community.
The previous space was no longer fit for purpose and required improvements for accessibility. The new designs include raising the floor to provide level access to the Café for the first time in the Cathedral’s history, fitting a new modern servery and adding large glass doors to connect the Café to the garden.
We are delighted that works have started on site and have been kick-started thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of Bristol Cathedral.
Our goal is to refit and open the new Café by Autumn 2024 but we need your support to help us complete phase 2 to enhance and beautify the Café and ensure it is fit for purpose. Join the Friends of Bristol Cathedral by supporting the Café appeal today.
Kind supporters will be featured within a special motif design on the new Café window, inspired by the nature inspired architectural features discovered around the Cathedral.
Please read below to discover how your support will be recognised.
Support the Friends Café Appeal
Become a Supporter
In special recognition of supporting the Friends Café Appeal with a donation of £50 and above, each donor will have the opportunity for their name to be included within three nature inspired designs on the Café window.
You can include your name, the name of a loved one, in loving memory or to mark a special anniversary.
Become a:
1. Flourishing Rose Supporter – with a donation of £50-£1,000
2. Leaping Lamb Supporter – with a donation of £1,000- £5,000
3. Nesting Dove Supporter – with a donation of £5,000 and above
Benefits
- Your name of choice within the Café motif design*
- A special certificate as a token of our thanks for your kind support
- Join us for coffee and cafe at the opening celebration with the Dean.
*The donor name will be in place for the lifetime of the Cafe. Please get in touch if you would prefer a different name. Character limits are in place.
Get in touch
Thank you for your amazing support.
If you have any queries about the project or Friends Cafe appeal please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing; [email protected].
Please get in touch if you would like a different name for your dedication, otherwise the name made to make your donation will be used.
Artists impression by Shu architects . The works will include raising the floor for new level access.
Artist’s impression Shu architects. The Café will have level access to the beautiful Cathedral garden.
New level access will be created to the beautiful Cathedral garden
Design concept for the new Café windows
Design concept including how supporter names can be included within the window decals