Contact Us – Coffee Companions

About Coffee Companions™

We are a Social Enterprise that has been set up to create contacts and build communities, by letting others know when their company would be welcome - starting with a cup of coffee.

Our founder, Caroline Billington, noticed how many people sit alone in coffee shops often hiding behind their newspapers, phones or computers. When discussing this with others the common phrase that came back was 'yes, but I don't want to intrude.' Of course there will be times when even 'hello' and a smile wont be welcome but other times you wonder whether that person over there might have interesting stories to tell, thoughts or information to share and even be a new best friend. Having realised that the obvious solution was for everyone to become mind readers she quickly realised that this was going take a while to arrange - Chat Mats seemed like a much easier idea and Coffee Companions was born.