A Liverpool café has opened up its second shop in a bid to support young homeless people trying to get into work.
FIKA, on Woolton Road, in Wavertree, opened up the new shop earlier this month at Liverpool Waterfront.
Owner Anthony Grice said the business is aiming to support young, homeless people who are trying to get into work.
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Mr Grice said: "It's difficult to get a job anyway, I'm offering to employ these people that have had a bad start to life, to take them in and give them some experience.
"We can give them that step on the ladder where they can create a CV and they can get the likes of customer service skills, barista skills or cash handling to put on their CV. Even if they are only there for a few months they have experience to get them a job."
Located in Liverpool Waterfront Watersports Centre and supported by charity Local Solutions, the café will be open from 10-4 from Sunday to Friday and 9-4 on a Saturday.
"It's about four times bigger than the one we have in Wavertree so it's a big shock to the system but it's been amazing. From day one it's just exploded," Mr Grice said.
The Swedish-inspired café owner has been giving back to his community through appeals, events, coffee mornings, food parcels and care packages through lockdown.
He said: "Throughout lockdown, I turned the coffee shop into a community hub. I asked the community if they had any extra items available to bring with them to the shop.
"We then created care packages and identified those struggling in the community to deliver to them."
Mr Grice created over 3000 care packages for families and individuals struggling during lockdown.
He said: "The reason I invest back into the community is because people in the community support my business and my dream."
FIKA is well-known for its popular and ever-changing board outside the café.
Mr Grice said: "I started to put inspirational thoughts on the board one day and they always go down well on social media. I have a friend who lives in Australia that has been sent them from a friend that lives in Malaysia, it's just insane.
"It lifts people's spirits which is what I do it for."
FIKA means a break from an activity during which people drink coffee, eat cakes and relax with others.
