Awarded

ALYN WATERS CATERING LEASE AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Descriptions

This Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) is seeking suitable interested parties to tender for the opportunity to operate a Lease for Alyn Waters Café.Alyn Waters Café is based on the Gwersyllt side of Alyn Waters Country Park. The café is located in the Alyn Waters Country Park Visitor Centre. The café is open 7 days per week providing snacks and lunches to the visitors at Alyn Waters Country Park. The visitor centre attracted 109,381 visitors in the year 1st April 2017- 31st March 2018.The café has been managed for a number of years, by the work opportunities section of Wrexham County Borough Council, Adult Social Care Department, providing a service for visitors and supporting their clients. There is now an opportunity for a new provider to continue to develop and improve the café facility, extend the training courses, meetings and conferences business and develop the wellbeing and community participation aspects of the park.The café is highly valued by the local community and citizens across Wrexham. It is known for its inclusive environment and providing work and volunteering opportunities for people with disabilities. It has a loyal customer base, friends of Alyn waters, attracts groups from the local area and further afield including walkers, cyclists and footballers.Alyn Waters cafe is already is a fantastic example of a welcoming environment for disabled people, carers, older people, families and children and brings all parts of the community together. The Council is seeking a provider who will work with the parks team and other partners to build on this great base and make it a real flagship for community wellbeing.