Tina Hannay | Rural Coffee Caravan

Rural Coffee Caravan CEO to retire after more than 20 years addressing loneliness in Suffolk

Tina Hannay March 11, 2026 No Comments

Ann Osborn, our Chief Executive Officer of The Rural Coffee Caravan (RCC), will retire at the end of May after more than two decades supporting some of Suffolk’s most isolated rural communities. Ann,…

RCC CEO Ann Osborn Awarded British Empire Medal for Services to the Community

Tina Hannay April 29, 2025 No Comments

Rural Coffee Caravan CEO Ann Osborn has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in recognition of her services to the community, honouring more than two decades of work tackling…

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Attendance Allowance

Tina Hannay November 28, 2024 No Comments

Support could be a phone call away It’s estimated that over 5 million people of pension-age could be missing out on Attendance Allowance support, adding up to billions left unclaimed each year. Are…

Official Opening of The Rural Coffee Caravan Office in Walsham le Willows

Tina Hannay September 2, 2024 No Comments

On Friday 30th August The Rural Coffee Caravan held a friendly and informal event celebrating the official opening of its very first office! Our guest of honour, and landlord, Richard…

Sally’s Community Quilt

Tina Hannay March 22, 2024 No Comments

On Wednesday 20th March we held a very special Coffee Caravan style Afternoon Tea in Sapiston to celebrate Sally (the founder of the Rural Coffee Caravan) stepping down as Chairman of…

The Rural Coffee Caravan wins European Social Services Award for Service Delivery

Tina Hannay February 28, 2024 No Comments

In November 2023 The RCC’s Ann and Mike travelled to Croatia to represent The Rural Coffee Caravan at the European Social Services Awards (ESSA). ESSA celebrates innovation and excellence in…

RCC CEO Ann Osborn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Suffolk

Tina Hannay October 20, 2023 No Comments

Rural Coffee Caravan CEO Ann Osborn has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Suffolk, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to tackling loneliness and supporting communities across…

photo showing RCC chief exec giving a speech in front of invited guests at the RCC 20th anniversary fundraiser at Old Buckenham Hall

20th Anniversary Fundraising Update

Tina Hannay August 31, 2023 No Comments

2023 marks The Rural Coffee Caravan’s 20th year. During those twenty years, we have grown from one little caravan and one part time project manager making about 20 visits a…

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The Miracle of Morning – by Amanda Gorman

Tina Hannay January 27, 2021 No Comments

If you were as captivated as we were by American Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s poem The Hill We Climb, recited at the Biden inauguration, then here’s another piece of…

images from YouTube video of People Need People poem by Benjamin Zephaniah, with illustrations by Phil Hankinson

Benjamin Zephaniah – What Do People Need?

Tina Hannay July 9, 2020 No Comments

We love this poem by Benjamin Zephaniah which associates perfectly with our ethos of making and sustaining connection: “People will always need people.” People need people,To walk toTo talk toTo…

A different kind of c-a-f-e

Tina Hannay February 26, 2020 No Comments

We are pleased to announce that our latest network is LIVE! c-a-f-e, which stands for ‘coffee and friends events’, has been created in response to requests from community groups who…

Loneliness is Everyone’s Business

Tina Hannay December 13, 2019 No Comments

Yesterday, we were delighted to present three more Suffolk stores with their More Than A Shop certificates and window stickers! Each of these village shops is different in its own unique…

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