Thought Foundation- Birtley

I'm always keen to check out a new venue for coffee and cake so was happy when Uncle Ben (AKA my youngest brother) suggest we meet up at the Thought Foundation.  Thought Foundation describe themselves as -"A thoughtful arts and cultural space, to inspire, promote and support" I thought this sounded really interesting (although I was a little concerned about the lack of any mention of cake in the initial description!)

From the outside Thought Foundation looks like an ordinary unit on a business/industrial park, although some landscaping was going on at the front when we went, so I was really impressed by what greeted us inside.

At one end of the large room was the cafe and play space and at the other an exhibition area with some interesting installations and sculptures.There was also a small shop with some locally produced funky looking gift ware and cards on display. I didn't buy anything but was very tempted! Think the Baltic Shop but on a much smaller scale.

As someone who works in early education I was really impressed with the play area. Although small there was lots of lovely, creative activities that kept the girls really engaged (a fave was putting pipes together and rolling ping pong balls down) and I am quite tempted to re create their switches wall at work!

Down to the cake... I shared a chocolate brownie with the girls (I probably had about an eighth!) and it was one of the best I have ever had. Ben is vegan and they had a selection of things that he could have so that was a major bonus too.

All in all we had a great time and I am definitely going to add Thought Foundation to my list of places for twin friendly coffee and cake!

http://www.thoughtfoundation.co.uk/