renew169 Wellbeing Café

05/01/2026

We've made the decision to postpone our first day back to the garden to next week. The weather looks to get worse tomorrow morning and as we were only due to be cleaning tools and tidying up tomorrow, it's not worth the risk. Hope everyone understands and look forward to seeing you all on the 13th!

05/01/2026

The renew169 Wellbeing Café is a safe space where people with emotional or mental health difficulties are welcomed, with an aim to reduce loneliness and isolation. So, if you are struggling, please don’t sit at home feeling anxious or depressed, come along and join us for a drink and some company. You will be made very welcome!

03/01/2026

Jemma, Paul and Judy went along to Towcester Mill Brewery yesterday morning to collect the proceeds from their Christmas Eve Raffle, which raised £111.00 for us. Our grateful thanks to them for their generous support over the past year.

31/12/2025

Wishing all our staff, volunteers and visitors a happy and healthy New Year!

30/12/2025

In addition to the cookery course run by Cooking Good, part of the grant from the Northamptonshire Community Foundation was allocated towards the creation of a recipe booklet, containing a selection of comforting dishes submitted by the staff, volunteers and visitors to the café. The booklets are being sold to raise funds for the ongoing work of renew169 and can be purchased from the café at a cost of £5 each.

Renew169 and Cooking Good have joined forces to deliver a cooking series on hte topic of Cooking for One. This short video describes what the participants th...

24/12/2025

✨ Wishing all our staff, volunteers and visitors a blessed Christmas ✨

24/12/2025

Not too late to pop in to the brewery for a sneaky pint and buy a ticket!

Christmas raffle time! 🤩

Feeling lucky? Why not buy a raffle ticket for our festive hamper! 🎄🍺🥂

Includes two bottles of Winter Warmer, a bottle of Foxdenton Estate Christmas Gin Liqueur, our brand new pint glass, a branded gin goblet, bottle opener, pen and 2 tickets to a Live Comedy Night here at the Mill next year!

£1 per ticket or £5 a strip. All proceeds will go to our current fundraising partner, renew169 Wellbeing Café 🤗 Winning tickets will be drawn on Christmas Eve 🎅🏽

You've got to be in to win it!! Good luck everyone 🤞

23/12/2025

The Café is now closed until next Monday. If you or someone you know is struggling and would like to talk to someone over the Christmas period, please see the information below:

20/12/2025

We would like to thank all of our Repair Café volunteers and visitors for their support in 2025 and wish you all a happy Christmas. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!

19/12/2025

Grief, Comfort & Coffee will take place as usual today, but please note that this will be the last session this year. Sessions will resume in the new year, with the first one being on Friday 2nd January 2026.

18/12/2025