The Six Days of (Dock) Creation

It’s five years since Dock Cafe opened its doors – five unforgettable, exciting, challenging, surprising, crazy years…

It has grown beyond our wildest dreams.  Nothing could have prepared us, back in the early days, for the amazing movement Dock Cafe has now become: over seventy volunteers, hundreds of customers every day, thousands upon thousands of conversations, catch-ups, prayers and pieces of cake…

But right at the start we knew it was something special.  Right from the moment that we were handed the keys to an empty shop unit, and a team of volunteers rose to the challenge of turning it into a cosy community cafe in just six days, ready for the arrival of Eamonn Holmes and the Songs Of Praise film crew.

So began the Six Days of Creation: