'We provide a joyful and friendly place for everyone': Community cafe where the team want to help
It has become a place of welcome and somewhere for anyone feeling lonely and in need of a friendly face to go and have a cuppa.
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Set within the leafy area of Penn in Wolverhampton, Cup of Joy is more than just a cafe as it has become a true community hub.
The cafe can be found on the corner of Belmont Road at the junction with Mount Road and is set within a building which has changed hands and identities over the years.
It was bought by Ruth Uppal in late 2022 after having previously existed as Dukes, a cafe which closed earlier the same year and had existed doing just takeaways in that time.
Ms Uppal said the intention had been to create a place that would help to spread some joy within the community as she had found a lot of people had struggled with loneliness and other issues following the Covid-19 pandemic, herself included.
She said: "The whole reason for opening the place and giving it the name of Cup of Joy was to spread a bit of joy in the community, particularly after Covid as a lot of people were really struggling with mental health issues, loneliness and just feeling low.
"The vision behind the place was that this could become a place where people could come, not necessarily with someone or in a group, and they could feel comfortable to come in on their own.
