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Qualitasse are proud to be working with Charlie Charlie 1, supplying coffee machines, coffee beans, supplies and support…

About CC1

Charlie Charlie 1 (CC1) is a radio call sign used in the Armed Forces meaning “everyone” which embodies the ethos of this coffee shop (and their farm) offering an education centre and support hub for veterans (and non-veterans) in the local Bognor Regis area and indeed the wider area of Chichester and West Sussex.

CC1 provides access to a therapeutic green space for delivery of Adult Education with a range of therapies, vocational skills and counselling and veteran-led agricultural and fieldcraft workshops for SEND children.

This coffee shop is a safe and friendly place where former service personnel can have a drink and some food and gain support and understanding of their challenges.

Through partnerships with (for example) SSAFA (https://www.ssafa.org.uk), Help for Heroes (https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk), Walking with the Wounded (https://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk) and Stone Pillow (https://stonepillow.org.uk) they offer in-house formal education courses.

The COFFEE SHOP

Located in the High Street in Bognor Regis, serving a wide range of hot and cold drinks, hot and cold sandwiches and pastries, all at a subsidised rate.

If you can’t afford a coffee or sandwich you can ask what is on their Suspended menu, which is funded by donations from the public!

The CC1 coffee shop is fully disabled accessible, dog friendly and has a warm inviting atmosphere with staff and customers alike who would love nothing more than to sit and talk.

They have a range of books and board games, daily papers and an IT suite complete with printing services that are again, all free of charge !

The main function of the coffee shop is to act as a fund raising centre for CC1’s Veterans services and as a point of access to their educational and open access farms around the county.

THE CHARITY

The people here are like family. You can talk to anyone here about anything and they listen to you, it’s just a wonderful sense of community.
Matthew Cole, Trustee

Matthew Cole is a former member of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment and a member of the Crimshaw Veterans Hub…

“We already run the military rehabilitation and outreach from Crimshaw Farm (https://www.crimsham-farm.co.uk/) which is inaccessible to a lot of people. This is a physical front in the town centre so we can get to even more veterans and more outreach for the community. Then all the money we raise from this can then go back into the rehabilitation and outreach for the military work we do.” and so this bricks and mortar coffee shop was established.

The following was extracted from https://www.crimshamveteranshub.co.uk/

Matthew served for nearly 10 years in the British Army. Enlisting in 1989 into the Queens Regiment, later to become The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (PWRR), he saw active service in theatres around the world, including tours of Northern Ireland.

It was whilst serving in the army that Matt first experienced first hand the devastating effects of mental ill health. On leaving the army he became a full time carer, for 7 years, to his now ex-wife.

After subsequent careers in the Prison Service and Private Security Industry, Matt became part of the Crimsham Farm Project with fellow veterans Shane Glasspool and Craig Pinkney in 2019. He had also received an official diagnosis of PTSD.

Thanks to the combined energy and efforts of these three men, the Farm rapidly became one of the most successful Alternative Provisions for Special Educational Needs (SEN). In August of 2021, after the lifting of COVID lockdown, Matt was instrumental in facilitating the long envisaged dream of Crimsham Veterans’ Hub. a bespoke wrap around service for local veterans and their families. Thanks to his extensive networking skills and despite suffering from a major ischaemic stroke in November 22 he has, almost single handedly, expanded the range of services provided by the Hub, a process that has included the employment of a full time Homeopathic counsellor. Matt’s obvious empathy, past military service and experience of mental ill-health makes him an ideal ambassador for the Hub.

As the Director of the Veterans’s Hub, Matt wants to ensure that no Veteran, Reservist or Serving member of the military is left to suffer alone.

WE WISH THEM WELL

The team at CC1 have thanked Qualitasse for their amazing support during the set up and ongoing development of their services and look forward to working with us well into the future as their plans for more outlets and more support services continue to develop and grow.

We supplied their first coffee shop with a professional commercial lever espresso machine, an on-demand grinder, barista essentials like tamper, mat and jugs, and plenty of our amazing coffee beans along with starter and on-going barista training and support.

The video here shows a relatively new member of staff practicing her latte art… really great result for such a young and new member of the team – you will not be disappointed with the coffee at Charlie Charlie 1 !

We wish them all well !

Find out more about the CC1 coffee shop; https://www.facebook.com/CC1VH/

Also: https://thechattycafescheme.co.uk/venue/charlie-charlie-1/

Coffee Shop Opening Hours : Mon – Sun 08:30am – 5pm (4pm Sunday)

56 High St, Bognor Regis PO21 1SP

Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ySwWAVcMvCnLZpacA

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