The Platform Café is a community space in the heart of Loughborough Junction, providing healthy, nutritious food and a welcome space to feel at home. Each day we prepare homemade lunches using freshly picked seasonal produce grown at our community garden, the Loughborough Farm, as well as surplus donations. We offer catering and local delivery, so please get in touch if you’d like us to cook for y
our event. Along with offering delicious, healthy and homemade food, all income we generate is reinvested in our social impact work, including community events, outreach, workshops, volunteer programmes, training and work placement opportunities for local young people experiencing barriers into employment, and emergency food provisions for those in need. We founded the cafe in 2015 as an off-shoot of our sister project, the Loughborough Farm, with the support of volunteers and dedicated members of the community. We have nurtured the project over the years and have used it as a platform to connect people and celebrate good food in our neighbourhood. The café building used to be a derelict, public toilet in Wyck Gardens, a small Lambeth park. We are proud to have activated this disused space, turning it into a valuable community asset. Partnered with neighbouring community garden Loughborough Farm and Grove Adventure Playground as part of the Loughborough Junction Action Group, we work to empower people to create a greener, healthier and more resilient neighbourhood.
