Good Hope Ladywell - Opening December 8
The charity, For Jimmy, set up after
the murder of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen, is opening a new Good Hope café at PLACE
Ladywell in Lewisham; six years after opening Good Hope Hither Green.
The new café will continue to support
the work of For Jimmy, with 10p from every £1 going towards helping young
people build Safe Havens across Lewisham. These are places young people can
turn to when in danger or feeling threatened on the street. Both Good Hope
cafés are flagship Safe Havens, alongside Lewisham Shopping Centre and many
other businesses across the borough.
The
charity will be running the café and a community cinema that is based at
the rear of the unit. Lewisham central has been without a cinema since the last
one closed on Lewisham High Street in 1986. The 40 seater cinema is a welcome
addition to the local community, and will also double up as an event space for
use by community groups and organisations.
For Jimmy also partner with Drumbeat
School and ASD Services to provide personalised placements for young people
with Autism, enabling them to experience the workplace and acquire a range of
essential skills. The café offers a fantastic new environment for those young
people to experience and work within.
An official opening party is being held
on 8th December, for the local community to see the space and find
out more about how it will support For Jimmy moving into 2017. The launch will
run from 6-8pm, alongside the grand opening of PLACE / Ladywell.
Margaret Mizen, MBE, mother of Jimmy, said: “We are very excited to have opened another Good Hope café and can’t
wait for the community to make use of the cinema and event space. When we
opened the first Good Hope in Hither Green in 2010, we could never have
imagined how fast the charity would grow and just how many young people would
hear Jimmy’s story. The profits will continue to support our work building Safe
Havens across Lewisham and spreading Jimmy’s legacy of peace across the UK.”
