Would you like to belong to an inspirational cooperative business that is owned by residents and exists to serve its community? Between now and our AGM on 24th March, we are offering shares to anyone who’d like to be involved. Two of our earliest investors are David and Belinda Derrington, who moved to Ilmington 22 […]

Marketplace @thecafé is making our tastebuds zing! We’ve teamed up with The Pinwheel Patisserie for our first ever Marketplace event in Ilmington Community Café today until 2pm. Come and see the Midlands Patisserie of the Year in your local community shop

…and we’d like to invite entries from neighbouring villages as well as our own! Buying your Seville oranges and other ingredients from us is a wonderful way to support our cooperative community shop. You have until Thursday 17th February to deliver your unlabelled jars of citrusy deliciousness to Ilmington Community Shop for double-blind judging the […]

…in Ilmington yesterday and we want to give you fair warning of our next book choice. We’ll be reading To Kill A Mockingbird, the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece by Harper Lee. Set in 1930s Alabama, the heart of the deep South, the novel turns on the false accusation of a black man and the attempts of […]

…and we’ve got a friendly book club just for you. Meeting on the first Tuesday of the month (i.e. tomorrow) at 2pm, we welcome anyone who enjoys a good discussion and would like to make new friends. It doesn’t matter if you’ve read the book, we’ve got the kettle on and cake homemade by village […]