22/05/2026
Let’s talk about the café...
As some of you may have heard, we’ve made the difficult decision to bring the café operator licence for Back to Ours to an end and we want to be open with you about what you can expect to come next.
We know how much BTO & Good Shepherd Studios means to many of you and we want to reassure you that this decision has been carefully considered.
We wish Tim every success with his cafés (including Earls in Cann Hall Park and Earls in Shoreditch). We hope they continue to go from strength to strength.
In essence the Good Shepherd Studios café space is not going anywhere. We love it as much as you and are excited to see it evolve.
It will continue to be:
🎨 A place for you, our wonderful local community, to come and work, rest, eat, drink and create.
🏫 A place to come to before or after activities, events or school pick ups for a caffeine boost or to simply decompress
🌿 A nature-rich place to slow down and listen to the birds
We’re now inviting potential café operators who share our vision for a community café to get in touch.
So, what does that vision look like?
☕ We’d like to continue to offer the space at an affordable licence fee and we’re committed to working with any new operator to pass those savings on to the community
❤️ A commitment to being accessible to everyone in our community
💚 A commitment to being a clean and green space with a goal of becoming zero waste and plastic free
If that sounds like you, we’d love you to get in touch.
And to our community, we’ll be inviting you, in various ways, to help shape what the new café has to offer.
*More to come soon.* 👀
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