MP calls at at community cafe

* From left: Beverley Parry-Jones, Mr Baynes's office manager, Simon Baynes MP and Grace Lockhart, manager, at Rhos Community Café.

Member of Parliament for Clwyd South, Simon Baynes, made a socially distanced visit, along with his constituency office staff, to Rhos Community Café.

The aim was to learn more about the work of volunteers in providing vulnerable people locally with food parcels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The café, which is based at Berlin House, Market Street, provides food boxes to 200 residents in Rhos, Penycae, Johnstown area every week, including people from the Portuguese and Polish communities.

Rhos Community Café are also now exploring opportunities to work with Wrexham Food Bank. Food is currently donated to the Community Café by supermarkets and charities such as Tesco in Cefn Mawr, Asda, Bookers and Rhos and Rhostyllen Co-op.

Simon Baynes MP said: “Rhos Community Café have played an absolutely vital role supporting the local community during the Coronavirus pandemic. And I was incredibly impressed to see first-hand the amazing work they do providing food parcels and emotional and wellbeing support to vulnerable residents.

“My constituency office staff have also volunteered to step in and help support the Community Café by collecting food from supermarkets and delivering parcels to vulnerable residents locally. If anyone is interested in volunteering, I’d encourage them to get in touch with Grace Lockhart at the Community Café on 01978 447477.”