We would love all community focused social and hospitality venues across Australia to participate in the Chatty Cafe Scheme to help prevent and reduce loneliness and social isolation across Australian communities.
IS MY VENUE SUITABLE? Venues include neighbourhood houses, community centres, libraries, cafes, restaurants, pubs, wine bars, retirement villages, aged care residences, churches, art galleries, farms, gardens and schools. The varied locations is limitless.
WHAT WILL IT COST ME? Add your venue to take part in the Chatty Cafe movement for just $50 AUD or $25 AUD (ex. GST) per year, depending on which option you choose.
OPTION 1 – – Designate a “Have a Chat” Chatty table on set time/s and day/s to allow customers to chat with other customers. It could be as little as an hour a week on a chosen day or even all day every day! Venues are encouraged to set up the table with our “Have a Chat” promotional material provided on registration. A local Chatty Volunteer (recruited and trained by Chatty Cafe) to host the table is also a venue choice on registration. Great option for Community venues and some Commercial venues. ($50 AUD ex GST)
OPTION 2 – Promote our Chatty Cafe “Sip, Chat, Share, Care” window sticker all day, every day on your venue window to encourage and welcome lonely and socially isolated customers to come in and enjoy the caring and engaged environment your venue creates. Choose this option if your commercial venue encourages staff to engage in friendly chatting with customers. It would also be helpful if your venue encouraged people sitting alone to share a table if they choose. No specific table or Chatty Volunteer required ($25 AUD ex GST)
Benefits to venues joining the scheme include:
What do I receive?
For Option 1: Chatty Table ($50 AUD ex GST) Promotional Pack
For Option 2 : “Sip, Chat, Share, Care” ($25 ex GST AUD)
A promotional pack which contains:
As the venue owner, you choose which table to provide and what time it is available for customers to connect and have a chat.
It could be as little as an hour a week on a chosen day or even all day every day! Venues are encouraged to set up “Have a Chat” table with our Chatty Café placing a table sign on it provided in our promotional material during your chosen day and time, in an easy to locate welcoming location in the venue.
Using our other promotional material you can place the window stickers and posters on your venue window/s to assist customers be informed when they might want to come and join others to have a chat!
If your question is not answered here just contact us and we’ll be more than happy to provide some personal help.
Chatting is such a simple concept but so important for mental and physical health. Loneliness can seriously impact a person’s sense of wellbeing and cause a range of disorders including anxiety and depression.
It’s easy to become a Chatty Café host just by adding your venue to our website for a small fee. Once registered we will post you a promotional pack and send other electronic information with everything you need to set up and maintain your Chatty Table. Click here to register
We encourage you to promote your Chatty Table with your existing customers and display the promotional materials included in your pack. This approach often generates a positive, word of mouth style promotion within your community.
You should also post about your Chatty Table on your social media channels, to raise awareness of the day(s) and time(s) your Chatty Table is available. When you do post on social media, be sure to tag Chatty Café Australia (see links below) and use the hashtag #ChattyCafeAUS.
Facebook link: @chattycafeaustralia
Instagram link: @ChattyCafeAUS
Venues are also listed on our website and advertised on our social media and promotional materials. This provides great publicity for each venue. Local papers, radio stations and councils are often keen to promote Chatty venues – so it is worthwhile approaching them to see if they’d be interested in showcasing your Chatty Table.
Chatty Cafe Scheme Australia Ltd proudly acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander custodians of this land where we work and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
Donations of $2 or more to Chatty Café Scheme Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.
