Inclusive Cafe "Different Grains"

Why do people with disabilities need a job if they receive a state pension?

The answer is obvious. A person with a disability needs a job for the same reason as everyone else. Work is not only financial support, but also communication with people, interaction, self-respect, the opportunity to learn new things, improve skills and abilities, a reason to leave the house and diversify your life.

Pensions that the state pays to vulnerable groups of the population should help include these people in public life, and not deprive them of employment opportunities!

The most difficult category of workers are people with mental disabilities, many of whom can and want to work. But most often, employees with autism spectrum disorders cannot find even the simplest job. Our guys talk about how important it is to work and be useful in a new video!

Today, our project has a wonderful lot - a pie from Yulia, the founder of the cafe "Raznye Zerna". There is a whole story about how this pie appeared in "Zerna".

In April-May 2020, during the pandemic, we held an online culinary course for teenagers with autism spectrum disorder. For two months, the guys and I cooked dishes of varying complexity. And the finale of the course was making a chicken pie. Chicken pie is a symbol of the fact that the guys have decently mastered many complex culinary skills and are ready to apply their knowledge in real work. And we made it! Now you can buy a chicken pie according to that very recipe in our project. Then we will invite you to drink tea and pick up the pie. From the cafe that will open thanks to you. Isn't that a miracle?

Thank you, dear friends, for your support and participation. We really appreciate it)

Hello, dear friends!

A month ago, we finished collecting for the opening of "Grains" and plunged headlong into work. Construction is a stormy real life! Every day, the life of old walls, floors, radiators, ceilings and other things ends before our eyes. And a new opportunity opens up for brave people and ideas. Here and now, a lot of exciting things are happening on the construction site, and sometimes even flooding, like, for example, when removing old heating equipment :))

New ideas require new approaches.

The task of organizing a barrier-free entrance to the cafe is difficult, but real.

1. We are expanding the entrance area and replacing the entrance door with a wider one.

2. We are planning to use a retractable ramp opposite the entrance steps for people with limited mobility. Because it is impossible to make a side ramp due to the narrowness of the sidewalk.

3. We are reducing the number of steps in front of the entrance - instead of two there will be one. To do this, we dismantle the heating pipe at the entrance and deepen it in the place where the entrance will be. Thus, the retractable ramp can be as flat as possible

4. We install a call button for employees at the entrance.

5. We write letters of support to the State Budgetary Institution "Zhilishnik" of the Maryina Roshcha district with a request to install an arc to fence the sidewalk for safety and to protect people with limited mobility from accidentally driving onto the roadway.

In general, we are working!

Thank you for supporting us ❤️

Dear friends!

Today, December 4, from 12 to 20, the Raznye Zerna cafe will work in the format of a mobile catering service with the dream team at the open area of ​​the Inclusive Bazaar #PROremeslo

Here you can not only meet our chef and eat "special" hot sandwiches with turkey and mulled wine, but also choose a New Year's gift at a charity fair and attend master classes from inclusive workshops.

We are waiting for you from 12 to 20 at the inclusive center "Tverskaya, 15", entrance from Voznesensky Lane.

Friends!

We have great news.

This fall, we want to open a new location, the “Open Kitchen,” a training ground for new employees with special needs to work in other cafes, coffee shops, and restaurants. This is called transit employment.

That’s why we really need your support again: by fall, we plan to open a new space, and we will use the funds raised to renovate the premises and purchase some equipment.

What is the “Open Kitchen”?

The “Open Kitchen” is a place where adults with mental disabilities will undergo an internship and master professional and social skills. After the internship at the Open Kitchen, people with special needs will be able to go to work in other places.

The “Open Kitchen” will also have a coffee shop with sandwiches and healthy desserts, and a gift shop.

We invite you to visit the project page. By supporting the Open Kitchen, you help us realize our plans and employ the children!