Buxton charity launches appeal to open community hub

Zink has acquired a building in Buxton and needs to raise £80,000 for renovations.

The new hub will include Zink’s current services, the food bank, advice to resolve issues that cause poverty and employability programmes to help people into work.

Buxton Community Eco-Café, also run by Zink, will relocate to the new hub and be open on a more regular basis.

It will use food that is surplus in the supply chain to provide nourishing meals.

As well as opening existing services in the new hub, Zink also plans to run wellbeing services including alternative therapies, music therapy, events and activities, a job agency, an enterprise area for people who want to become self-employed, a book exchange and an upcycling project.

Paul Bohan, chief executive at Zink, said: “The hub will be a welcoming place for all, providing services that meet community need at the time.

"At the moment, the main aims are to address unemployment, mental health and isolation as a result of Covid.

"We have brought plans forward and are rushing to get the hub open this summer and with the help of the community I’m sure we can do it.”

To donate, click here or post a cheque made payable to The Zink Project CIO to URC, Hardwick Square East, Buxton, SK17 6PT.