A ZERO-waste café that aims to ensure everyone has access to an afford­able meal has been launched.

Jean Stokes Commun­ity Centre has become home to the café where punters will be asked to buy food on a pay-what-you-feel basis.

All meals will be made from surplus ingredients donated from local businesses, supermarkets and charities.

Vaida Filmanaviciute, community chef at Jean’s Café, said: “When it comes to surplus food it’s important to remember that only the ingredients are ‘surplus’. All meals at Jean’s Café are cooked from scratch, on the day, and couldn’t be fresher or more nutritious.”

She added: “I feel very proud and incredibly privileged to share my culinary creations with the Cally community, break­ing bread together builds bonds. I hope we can bring this magic to the Cally.”

Caledonian ward councillors Paul Convery, Sara Hyde, and Una O’Halloran were at the launch. They said: “Jean’s Café is a fantastic example of bringing people together and making a real difference. Like the centre itself, the café is named in memory of Jean Stokes, one of the Cally’s first community heroes who did so much for the neighbourhood.”