Braw Tea is a social enterprise.  Our purpose is to help support women from all walks of life through training, live experience of working in a cafe, friendship and confidence building.

About

Meet some of the wonderful
women who run the cafe

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Interested in volunteering?

We provide on-the-job training and personal development for women who have additional challenges in their lives. They can put the skills and confidence gained to use as a stepping stone to further education or paid employment. 

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Our food is professional standard using the best quality ingredients; made from scratch making best use of seasonal and local suppliers and priced fairly. It's not fancy food, it's homely and made with care.

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Local suppliers

Our coffee comes from Modern Standard in Fife who source it directly from producers, paying a fair price.

Family-run business, The Cheesery, based in Dundee and Broughty Ferry, supplies our cheese.

The award-winning bakery Wildhearth in Comrie provides our sourdough bread.

Our suppliers are the best quality Scottish producers rather than big corporate brands. 

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No waste

We have also joined Too Good To Go to make sure we don't waste any food at the end of our service by selling the left over fresh food at a fraction of the cost. 

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Sustainability

We try our best to do what's right whether it's with our suppliers, packaging or food recycling. Everything is recycled. Any unsold food is given to our volunteers, or is recycled.

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With thanks to our collaborators

Braw Tea wouldn’t exist without the tremendous support of our community- from corporate partners, philanthropic Trusts, community groups and individuals. A massive thank you! The people and partners listed here have donated professional expertise, time and hard-earned cash. Our suppliers are local wherever possible, and our women volunteers are just the best!

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

  • About Planning, Broughty Ferry
  • Broughty Ferry Men's Shed
  • Diane Selbie, Artist
  • Good Call, Dundee
  • Henderson Loggie CA, Dundee

Get involved

Drop us a line if you would like to work with us in some way: as a supporter, a referral partner for women volunteers or to volunteer yourself. 

FUNDING SUPPORT

  • Andi and Sheila Lothian Charitable Trust
  • CJ Lang and Son Ltd
  • Dundee Rotary Club
  • Dundee Partnership Community Regeneration
  • Firstport
  • The Hammerman Incorporation of Dundee
  • Joe Nisbet and his Triathlon GoFundMe
  • Loadsaweemin Singing
  • The Lord Provost's Fund
  • The Mathew Trust
  • McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd
  • NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation 
  • The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee
  • The Northwood Charitable Trust
  • The Rank Foundation
  • Robertson Construction Tayside
  • Scotmid Co-op
  • Sustran’s Artroots Fund
  • WM Sword Charitable Trust
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PARTNERS

  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Scottish Refugee Council
  • Robertson Construction
  • Dundee International Women's Centre
  • The Bella Centre
  • Dundee City Council Employability Team
  • Project Scotland
  • Enable
  • Developing the Young Workforce
  • The Interconnected Coach
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SUPPLIERS

  • Modern Standard Coffee
  • Wild Hearth Bakery
  • Goodfellow and Steven
  • The Cheesery Broughty Ferry
  • FareShare
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OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS

  • Elizabeth
  • Saphia
  • Aileen
  • Katherine
  • Joyce
  • Becca
  • Anne
  • Anna
  • Julie 
  • Kayla
  • Olha
  • Eve
  • Piumi
  • Ritu
  • Nazzah
  • Nadeesha
  • Kendall
  • Laiba 
  • Dominika
  • Irene
  • Tracy
  • Helen
  • Stacy
  • Shimi
  • Olya
  • Melody
  • Pas
  • Zara
  • Sara
  • Francesca
  • Irene
  • Lucia
  • Sharon
  • Charmaine

Without our volunteers we could not function! They are an amazing bunch of bakers, soup makers, front of house servers, coffee makers and lovely women.

OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Chefs

  • Debbie
  • Eileen
  • Julia (mat leave)

Assistant Chefs

  • Teresa
  • Anna

Modern Apprentice Baker

  • Katherine

Front of House

  • Isabella

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  • Alishba
  • Kayla
  • Kendall

Barista

  • Sian
  • Anna

Events, Community and Volunteer Engagement

  • Iona

Director

  • Jackie
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OUR ADVISORY BOARD

  • Lorna Edwards
  • Moya Fox
  • Norma McGregor
  • Veronica Lynch
  • Carolyn Boland
  • Gail Thomson
  • Hannan Najar
  • Jeni Iannetta
  • Lisa Cathro

Our Advisory Board of professional women generously support this project with their time and expertise.

Braw Tea CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company

The objectives of the company are to benefit women in Dundee and the Tayside region who have suffered disadvantage.

We support our women by offering training, mentoring, experience of working in a live and busy cafe as well as employment support, professional counselling and coaching. We offer friendship and a safe community to build self-esteem and confidence.

 Support us 

Your support will help us to work with more women, building confidence, self-esteem and a route to employment, sometimes even fuelling second chances.

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Contact

Opening hours

April – October

Friday – Monday
09:30 – 17:00

November – March

Friday – Monday
09:30 – 16:00

Last order 30mins
before close.

Braw Tea Cafe

Your support fuels second chances

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