Former Dunmow student prepares to open her new cat cafe business
Gemma and Lauren with their cats as they prepare to open a cat cafe. Picture: RICHARD MARSHAM - Credit: Archant
A former student at Helena Romanes School is beginning an unusual business venture this month by opening her own cat cafe.
Gemma Whitehouse, 28, and her colleague Lauren Moyes, 24, decide to set up The Catastrophe Cat Café to allow customers to have a bite to eat and drink while in the company of their feline friends.
The business will foster several cats from nearby re-homing charities, which will mostly be available to home.
The pair also have a grant to offer pet therapy to those with learning difficulties or disabilities.
“We are very excited,” Gemma said.
You may also want to watch:
“We have a chance to show this can be done, but also it can be done in a way that makes sure the cats are happy.”
The café will also feature walkways, tunnels and toys to keep cats active, as well as a ‘human-free zone’ which the feline friends can retreat to.
Most Read
- 1 TSB closes Dunmow branch
- 2 New Dunmow and Barnston vicar thanks community for their warm welcome
- 3 Dunmow and Stansted councillors not in new Essex County Council cabinet
- 4 New on-call firefighters have joined stations
- 5 New cycle network consultation announced
- 6 Lockdown eases: new mayor and new Priest join drive-in concert
- 7 Prison sentence extended for man involved in Dunmow attack
- 8 Outgoing mayor reflects on 'a Covid year' in office as he steps down
- 9 Is former Love Island star Carl Woods moving to Bardfield?
- 10 Uttlesford's shops still suffer from low footfall, Google data shows
The café launches on August 12 and is based in Needham Market, next to Quinton’s pet shop on Lion Barns.
Entry will be £5.
