Trade School Kitchen

Look at these handsome devils! This is regular Teddy and his human Damien from Cambridge Motors. At Trade School Kitchen, dogs are always welcome! Bring your furry friends along while you enjoy a coffee, a bite to eat, or just hang out in our sunny spots. Peanut butter on offer for the doggos. Treats for humans AND pups!

Mental Health Awareness Week, Day 5: Keep Learning/Me Ako Tonu. Evidence suggests that learning or trying new things creates a sense of achievement, competence and stimulates engagement with the world around us. Sometimes it can feel hard to be a learner. We all want to be experts immediately and skip the uncomfortable part where we just don’t know what we are doing. But, learning new things, new skills in the right context, with safe people, can make all the difference. This is our friend Lyndon. His claim to fame is that he is married to our wonderful bookkeeper Erin. He came into the cafe feeling a bit down in the dumps. We offered him the opportunity to learn some coffee skills from Kirk and even though he had a camera on him, after the lesson the bad mood faded away. Learning filled with laughter is always a mood booster!

Mental Health Awareness Week Day 3: BE ACTIVE
ME KORI TONU
Moving your body is a powerful way to care for your mind. Whether it’s a walk in the bush, a bike ride, or stretching under the trees, movement can calm the mind, ease stress, and boost your mood. This photo is the beautiful Haillee walking her family dog with other TSK whānau in our local ngahere. If you would like some tips on where to go for a wander in nature with your delicious takeaway coffee in hand just ask our staff!