Vivo opens café at Ellesmere Port Library

Diverse Dine, a new café run by Vivo Care Choices, has opened its doors at Ellesmere Port Library.

Vivo, an in-house service at Cheshire West and Chester Council, provides a range of support for people with learning disabilities and autism, as well as older people.

Not only will Diverse Dine offer a menu of delicious and healthy food for visitors to enjoy, but it will also provide training and development opportunities for people with learning disabilities and autism who access Vivo’s services.

The name of the café has been inspired by Vivo’s Diverse Designs shop, which was based at the Forum Shopping Centre and will soon be moving to the Little Roodee Café in Chester.

Diverse Dine will be open at Ellesmere Port Library from 10am to 3pm on Monday to Friday, while the library itself can be accessed at the following times.

• Monday, Thursday and Friday – 9am to 7pm
• Tuesday and Wednesday – 9am to 5pm
• Saturday – 9am to 1pm

Councillor Sheila Little, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, said: “This is a fantastic development for both visitors at the library and people who access Vivo’s services.

“Vivo has run plenty of similar successful projects elsewhere in the borough, including the Little Roodee Café, Diverse Designs shop and Chat ‘N’ Chill Café in Ellesmere Port.

“It’s great to see Vivo and our Libraries team working closely together to bring this initiative to life.

“There are so many opportunities that Diverse Dine will provide for people with learning disabilities and it’ll hopefully help them on their journey to gaining future supported volunteering and employment.”

For more information about Vivo Care Choices and the range of services it provides, please visit: 

vivocarechoices.co.uk

Pictured - Vivo has run plenty of similar successful projects to Diverse Dine, providing opportunities for people with learning disabilities.