City center cafe says 'please consider' to anyone in city center

The cafe shared an urgent plea after a difficult day

4:32 pm, October 18, 2024Updated at 4:33 pm, October 18, 2024

Michelle Langan outside Paper Cup Coffee ahead of the store's 2022 opening

Michelle Langan outside city center cafe (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)

A city center cafeteria made an urgent appeal to people in Liverpool. Paper Cup Coffee supports homeless people in the city as part of the wider Paper Cup project.

The cafe, located on Queen Square in Liverpool city centerruns a “pay it forward” scheme for customers to donate food and drink to rough sleepers. As well as providing food and hot drinks, the café offers people living on the streets the opportunity to work and potentially increase their chances of finding a job in the long term.

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The cafe has now made an emotional plea to customers as it reveals they are struggling to get people through the door. In a post on its X/Twitter account yesterday, Paper Cup said: “Another day of sales under £100… if you’re in town and buying coffee, consider us over the big chains. Our coffee is delicious and we use local suppliers, roasted here in Liverpool.”

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Many people in the responses to the post promised to visit the cafe. Another offered to build a website for the business. The project was founded by Michelle Langan in 2019, who wanted to serve the growing number of homeless people in the city.

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Michelle and other volunteers distributed free food, clothing and drinks to the homeless in Liverpool and directed them to services that could help them further.

In February 2022, she took the next step by opening the cafe. Talking about your work previouslyshe said: “In February 2022 we opened Paper Cup Coffee in Liverpool city center. It’s a place where homeless people can join a ‘pay in advance’ system, so customers can pay for a homeless person to get a free hot drink or food.

“They have dignity and choices, they can choose whatever they want on the menu and the only difference is that they don’t pay for it. The feedback we get from our homeless clients is that it’s one of the only places where they feel like a ‘normal’ person.”