Chatty Cafe

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vek0kywkxo?app-referrer=deep-link

What do you see in the picture? Where is it taken, what do you notice about the people, what do you think they are doing?

The picture shows a new campaign called a "Chatty Cafe"

What do you think a chatty cafe is?

Alex Hoskyn lives in Manchester and has set up a chatty cafe to try and stop loneliness.

How do you think it works?

Alex encourages people to share tables in cafe's with strangers as a way of tackling loneliness. Over 700 venues across the UK have signed up to be chatty cafe's and have helped over 30,000 people.

Why do you think Alex started doing this?

Alex describes being in a cafe a few years ago on her own feeling lonely and fed up. She noticed an elderly lady on another table also looking fed up and lonely. On another table was a guy on his own. Everyone was just looking around the room, no-one was speaking. 

Why do you think they weren't speaking to each other?

Alex says, "It struck me at that moment, we could have really helped one another if we'd been sat on one table."

Why don't people talk to strangers today? Is it safe to talk to strangers?
Is it safe if you are an adult in a public place like a cafe?

Alex says, "In our society it's a bit odd to just go up to someone so I didn't on that day. But it got me thinking about what could have happened if we could have all started chatting to each other."

What could have happened?

Alex started her campaign. Today she has 600 volunteers who sit in cafes at "chatter and natter tables"

Why have only some "chatter and natter" tables, why not make all the tables chat and natter tables?

Lots of people love the campaign. An elderly woman aged 82 said, "You learn things off other people and you can share and then you go home uplifted."

What does uplifted mean?
How do you start chatting with someone, wat can you say?
If you see someone on our playground looking lonely, what can you say to them?
If someone feels lonely and you say hello, how will you make them feel?
What can we learn from the chatty cafe?
Why is this about No Outsiders?
Which British Value is this about?

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No Outsiders: We belong here by Andrew Moffat  (scheme of work for primary schools) 





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