By Eleanor Wilson
Berwick Neighbourhood Centre is hoping to fill people’s cups with their social Cup of Tea Movement.
The centre, which hosts a range of community activities, is launching the initiative to provide community members with a chance to relax over a cuppa, build community connections and share whatever may be on their mind.
Centre manager Kim Peterson said her late grandmother sparked her idea to start the movement.
“She was very much from a time where everything seemed to be cured by a cup of tea and a chat,“ she said.
“To be honest I could never understand it, I wasn’t a tea drinker, but with Covid and everything, it started to dawn on me.”
Ms Peterson hopes the movement can become a regular opportunity for community members to take a step back from their busy lives and recharge.
“In this society now, we don’t reach out to each other and take that moment to stop and ask ‘how is your day going’ and ‘how are you going’,” she said.
“There’s a lot of weight people are carrying at the moment, and if we can be the ones to relieve them of some of that, then we’ve done our job.”
The Cup of Tea Movement is running at the Timbarra Community Centre on Wednesdays from 12:30pm to 2pm.
Attendees are asked to bring a gold coin donation, with coffee, water and juice drinkers also welcome.
For more information, contact the centre on 9704 1863.
