Welcome to Community Diners!

This is how we started our journey.

For their mental health facilities, Roy Harris, founder of Community Mental Health & Psychiatry Foundation (CMHP), contracted with a professional caterer in 1994 to provide 1200 daily meals for their facilities.

CMHP later pursued a strict model of 'resident participation' for those institutionalized patients who had a long-term psychiatric diagnosis but were high functioning. These residents and patients could not be integrated into society due to the severity of their mental condition.

With a passion for food and having been involved in the catering industry in his younger years, Roy embarked on a mission to establish Community Diners. In order to meet the organization's needs and challenges, a specific business model was developed.

Why we still exist

Support staff as well as patients and service users in mental health facilities assist us in all stages of food preparation, which adds to our uniqueness. We distinguish ourselves from traditional business models by incorporating residents into the preparation of food. It has therapeutic benefits for residents and patients in mental health facilities, as well as cost-saving benefits for the nonprofit.

  • Work in progess

    As a well-established catering company, we provide services to 9 different health facilities, preparing and delivering more than 1200 meals a day. Meals that meet special dietary requirements are also included.

  • Innovation & Creativity

    Budget constraints are one of the biggest challenges we face every day. Businesses that provide goods and services should include Community Diners in their social responsibility programs. Our nonprofit clients benefit from donations in kind, which reduces their costs.

  • Get Involved

    It would be appreciated if all food donations were in good consumable condition, both perishable and non-perishable. For donations in kind, please email donations@communitydiners.org.za

    For financial contributions, please visit www.usa4rsa.org

 

Contact

We’d love to hear from you!

Email
donations@communitydiners.org.za