Enjoolata Cake & Coffee Grant

Applications for October Round Now Closed

Next Round Opens 06 January 2026 10.00 am

Grants of up to £100

As our partners will know, we at Enjoolata love a bit of a catch-up over tea and cake. Our Cake and Coffee Grant is a new, small, wellbeing fund designed to support our partner staff teams to take a break, recharge, and reconnect away from their desks.

We know that burnout is a growing challenge in the voluntary sector, and yet dedicated funds for wellbeing are rare. In creating this grant, we hope to encourage small moments of pause and connection; whether it’s to reflect, share ideas, or just enjoy a well-deserved treat.

What’s available?

Each quarter, existing partners can apply for a grant of up to £100 to treat your team to coffee and cake together.

  • Up to £100 if visiting another one of our partner-run coffee shops (£10 per person)

  • Up to £75 if visiting a non-partner, commercial coffee shop (£7.50 per person)

Eligibility

This grant is open to existing partners, it must be used within the quarter of the application, and only one application per team per year will be considered.

How to apply

Just complete our simple, straightforward online form. You’ll be asked:

  • Organisation name

  • Team size

  • Preferred coffee shop (partner or not)

  • Brief reason for taking the break (1-2 sentences)

Applications are first-come, first-served each quarter until our allocation is spent.

What do we ask in return?

All we ask in return is that you:

  • confirm of receipt of funds

  • complete a 1-minute feedback form: “How did this benefit your team?”

  • upload a photo of your team enjoying the break (optional but appreciated!)

Timeline

Round Open Closed

Round 1 1st April 30th June (or when budget allocated)

Round 2 1st July 30th Sept (or when budget allocated)

Round 3 1st Oct 31st Dec (or when budget allocated)

Round 4 6th Jan 31st Mar (or when budget allocated)

Why are we doing this?

We believe that:

  • Staff wellbeing is a necessity, not a luxury.

  • Meaningful connection happens over small, shared moments.

  • Healthy teams make better, more sustainable impact.

We hope this small gesture helps create space for your team to thrive.

  • “We had such a lovely time de-compressing, after lots of very difficult times for our team personally and within the project. When running wellbeing support for people experiencing multiple, complex forms of discrimination and abuse, having somewhere to decompress, come together and share a meal is so important. Thank you to the Real Junk Food project too for the delicious lunch! We also popped next door to the Brighton Table tennis club on the same trip!”

    Conversation Over Borders

  • “Thanks so much for buying us some coffee and cake! We enjoyed them while we chatted about our Emerging Sussex Youth Open Call Exhibition with Jo Myles of Sussex Contemporary who are also supporting the exhibition.”

    Hospitable Environment CIC

  • “The grant was a welcome morale booster to the team. We used it for coffee and cake on the last day of a team member, to see them off well.  Thanks Enjoolata!”

    Anne Robson Trust

  • “The cakes from Team Domenica were a great addition to our staff meetings, proving a much needed opportunity to pause and catch up.”

    The Clocktower Sanctuary

  • “We get together once a month at least, being a remote working team, predominantly based in the woods. This month, thanks to Enjoolata Foundation, a few of the core team we were able to gather and connect face to face. This helped newer team members to get to know the team better, and relax informally in Cafe Domenica.

    The atmosphere was great and the staff were incredibly friendly,The grant from Enjoolata Foundation helped us step together a little more closely to our vision, and we were so grateful for the opportunity to get together.”

    Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC

  • “It was really good to re-connect with some of our Thursday club volunteers while we are closed during August. It meant a lot to them to catch up and talk about lunch club and chat about the coming season. Several volunteers have a learning disability and the summer can feel a bit lonely, so we really appreciated the chance to get together.”

    Food and Friendship

  • “We had a brilliant 'coffee and cake break' yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed our time together. It was fantastic to connect with our different teams in a relaxed and informal setting of the coffee shop. We spent time getting to know each other better and we discovered shared interests beyond our usual work environment. Being used to giving a lot of our time to helping others it was nice to have some fun for ourselves and it was definitely a positive boost to our wellbeing. Thank you Enjoolata for giving us this grant, you made us feel very valued, we had a wonderful time especially eating the cake, thank you for making our lives a little sweeter!”

    Long Furlong Riding for the Disabled

  • “Thank you Enjoolata Foundation for funding Purple Productions’ team building social at our friends’ Café Domenica, and part of our Christmas thank you lunch at their new restaurant “North Star” the following day! In addition to treating a volunteer team who put so much hard work and heart into what they do, it also supports our fellow partners Team Domenica. What’s lovely about being able to have a social space with the team outside of our meetings, is that the team actually gets to bond and to know each other better. This leads to more respect and kindness towards each other and ultimately better teamwork.  The team had a lot of fun and felt a lot of joy! They were very thankful, and felt valued and appreciated. So thank you Enjoolata Foundation, for making these moments possible!”

    Grace Eyre Foundation