A rustic café supporting local youth through training programs. Offers a quiet basement area and a garden for sunny days.

Tell us your story/detailed overview

Lumberjack opened its doors in January 2016 and we have been serving Camberwell ever since. We are part of London Reclaimed, an employment charity who run paid traineeships for young people from South East London as a step up in to skill-specific work. Our passion lies with these trainees, our staff and our suppliers – and being at the heart of the Camberwell community. Since the pandemic in 2020, we have had to evolve the way we work and serve, but ultimately our manifesto is the same: to proudly serve Camberwell with amazing coffee and a range of tasty food without pretention or exclusivity, whilst focusing on seasonality, quality and provenance of the goods we sell.

When open (hrs.)

Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–4:30 PM

Need To Know/Community Rules

Helping young people step up into employment. “Finding work; legal, honest work is incredible. I wish I’d found London Reclaimed sooner!” Workshop Alumni | Goldfinch Furniture We have found that having employment experience is the single most important factor to gaining future employment. This bustling cafe provides us with a location to employ train and mentor young people. Before we started many local young people told us that they felt working in a cafe would enable them to make the first step into employment, this would allow them to get into the swing of working life in an environment that encourages and supports them.