Starting in Glastonbury, Somerset. Coming soon.
What if kindness could find you?
What if you could send it on?
FreeCoff connects people, local venues and communities through real food, drinks and everyday acts of generosity.
How FreeCoff worksMore than coffee
It started with a coffee.
It doesn't stop there.
A FreeCoff can be a coffee, breakfast, lunch, meal, soft drink or another eligible item offered by a participating venue.
The idea stays the same: someone pays it forward, someone else gets to enjoy it.
Coffee
Breakfast
Lunch
Meal
Drink
Something local
How FreeCoff works
Four simple steps.
- 1
Pay it forward
Choose a participating venue and buy an eligible item for someone else.
- 2
The venue accepts it
The venue receives the full advertised value of the item and decides when it can be made available.
- 3
Someone nearby sees it
Available FreeCoffs can be discovered through the FreeCoff community.
- 4
They collect it
A simple, secure collection process lets the venue confirm that the FreeCoff has been enjoyed.
And when it is collected, the person who paid it forward can see the impact they made.
You don't need to know someone to do something kind for them.
FreeCoff is designed around a simple idea: communities become stronger when generosity can move between people who may never otherwise meet.
You might pay forward lunch today.
Someone else might buy your coffee six months from now.
Giving and receiving are moments — not identities.
Good for community.
Good for local venues.
- Receive the full advertised menu value of funded FreeCoffs
- Choose which eligible items can be paid forward
- Control when funded FreeCoffs become available
- Manage collection through simple FreeCoff tools
- Introduce new people to your venue
- Visibly take part in your local community
- Understand the community impact you help create
Venues stay in control. FreeCoff should never create an unlimited operational obligation for a venue — venues remain in control of fulfilment.
Register venue interestTransparent economics
Simple by design.
The venue receives the full advertised menu value. No discounting of the funded item.
FreeCoff's standard platform fee is 5% of the funded item value, capped at 50p per FreeCoff transaction. Payment-processing charges may apply separately.
FreeCoff is a purpose-led social enterprise and technology platform — not a charity. The platform fee funds FreeCoff's technology and operations.
Example
£4.00 coffee
Payment-processing charges may apply separately.
FreeCoff in your pocket.
The FreeCoff app will make it simple to discover participating venues, pay something forward, find available FreeCoffs and see the impact of what you've shared.
Join the launch listStarting in Glastonbury, Somerset.
No smartphone required.
FutureFreeCoff is being designed so that participation does not depend on owning the latest phone.
The future FreeCoff Community Pass will provide a simple physical way for eligible users to interact with participating venues where appropriate — with accessibility, privacy and dignity built in.
Designed with communities, not around them.
FreeCoff can work with trusted local organisations to help ensure that people who may benefit most can receive appropriate priority access.
FreeCoff does not need to publicly label why someone has priority access.
For community partners
A new tool for local community support.
Local organisations
Help eligible people discover and access FreeCoffs while maintaining dignity and privacy.
Councils
Support place-based community programmes with transparent local participation.
Employers & sponsors
Fund FreeCoffs or community programmes and see clear, tangible local impact.
Events & destinations
Use FreeCoff technology to create large-scale participation and pay-it-forward experiences.
Where it begins
Starting in Glastonbury.
FreeCoff is beginning in Glastonbury, Somerset — a town known around the world for creativity, independence, community and doing things a little differently.
Our first goal is simple: prove that FreeCoff can work beautifully at local level.
Start local. Learn properly. Grow responsibly.
Future possibilities
One simple idea.
Lots of places it could go.
Local communities
Independent cafés, restaurants and neighbourhood venues.
Community events
Shared meals and community experiences funded through paid-forward value.
Festivals & events
High-volume FreeCoff experiences designed specifically for event environments.
Digital inclusion
Future programmes helping people stay connected through devices, connectivity and charging.
And one day, the same idea could work across festivals, campuses, workplaces and communities far beyond Glastonbury.
Why FreeCoff?
Built on six simple principles.
Real value
Real items at real local venues.
Dignity by design
No public labels defining someone by their circumstances.
Venue-first operations
Businesses remain in control of what they offer and when.
Transparent economics
Clear transaction and platform economics.
Local impact
Value stays connected to participating communities and venues.
Human connection
Generosity between people who may never meet.
Where we are
Building FreeCoff with the community.
We're currently developing FreeCoff with local venues, community organisations and future users ahead of launch.
- Prototype builtDone
- Community conversations underwayDone
- Glastonbury launch in developmentIn progress
- App coming soonComing soon
Be part of the first FreeCoff community.
Whether you'd like to pay something forward, run a venue, support your community or partner with us — tell us a little about yourself.
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