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Catterick NAAFI cafe: Military families strive to save community hub

Regular customer Peter Higgins said the cafe in Catterick meant a lot to the veteran community.

“We regularly come here as a group of veterans,” he said.

“It gets veterans out of isolation and loneliness and we’ve now got them talking about health problems.

“If we lose this, how do we encourage veterans to come out and talk, mingle, rather than stay at home because there’s nowhere else comparable in the garrison? I just don’t know what we will do.”

Military wives Amy, Jacqui, Hannah and Steph usually meet up at the cafe once a week and said they were “upset” that the cafe would shut.

“We can fit the kids in here and the staff are all lovely,” said Jacqui.

“It’s a nice little meeting place rather than going to somebody’s house all the time.

“It’s nice to get out and have a coffee and a cake.”


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