CONNECT
Meet people. Feel welcome.
Peer-led conversations and shared activities create opportunities to build confidence and community connections.
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Established in 2018 · Registered charity since 2020Arabic · Amharic · TigrinyaWestminster-based community delivery
A familiar place to start
More than a café. A connection to support.
Regular sessions give residents a place to meet, ask questions and learn together. Familiar languages and trusted relationships help make local information and services easier to navigate.
LEARN
Make information accessible.
Health awareness, wellbeing, family safety and community learning are shaped around residents’ needs and each programme.
See what happens →NAVIGATE
Find the next step.
Practical guidance helps residents navigate local services and digital systems, with signposting to specialist advisers where needed.
Ask about support →Local knowledge. Lasting relationships.
Part of everyday life in Westminster.
Our cafés and outreach connect residents across these established delivery areas.
We build on local relationships, with new cafés developed where venues, funding and delivery capacity allow.
Planning to join a session?
Check our events for current dates, venues and programme details. Contact us if you would like to ask about language support or taking part.
Get in touch with AMET →For funders and partners
A delivery record you can explore.
AMET combines regular local engagement with practical learning and specialist contributions. Our completed-project records and published reports show what that means in practice.
Completed programme
12 Cook and Eat sessions
Our June 2025–January 2026 completion report records shared cooking, health and safeguarding learning, alongside food-hygiene training for eight chefs and 11 kitchen assistant volunteers.
Impact and evidence →Funded continuity
Regular cafés in Westminster
Westminster City Council and National Lottery support have helped establish regular café provision in Pimlico and Church Street. Discuss sustaining delivery or funding a defined programme.
Funders and commissioners →Published external evidence
Four health-awareness reports
Imperial College London’s PERC published reports on AMET sessions covering diabetes and bowel, cervical and prostate cancer awareness in 2024.
Community partnerships →The people behind the work
A personal legacy. A shared community purpose.
AMET was established in memory of Abdul Mageed. Today, that founding purpose continues through community-led support and a commitment to making information accessible.
Meet our team and trustees →
Rajaa Sadig Ahmed Mustafa
Founder and Chairperson
Community knowledge, professional experience and trustee oversight underpin our work.
About AMET →From our community
Articles & news
COMMUNITY FUNDING · 6 NOVEMBER 2026
Paddington Charities Supports AMET’s Peer Support Café in Church Street
A positive funding decision supports our established café and its work with Paddington residents.
Read the article →Access to services
The service exists. Why is it still difficult to reach?
Explore the barriers between available services and the people who could benefit from them.
Read the article →Support that makes community work possible
Our funders & supporters
Organisations that have supported AMET’s work across its programmes.
Let’s strengthen local community support.
Whether you would like to attend a café, contribute to a session or discuss funding, we would welcome a conversation.
Contact AMET