{"id":14264,"date":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/litid-og-odruvisi-kaffihus-opnad-i-samkomubanni\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:08","slug":"a-small-and-unusual-cafe-opened-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/litid-og-odruvisi-kaffihus-opnad-i-samkomubanni\/","title":{"rendered":"A small and unusual caf\u00e9 opens during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201eThis weekend has gone on for far too long.\u201c <\/em>says a resident of a housing estate in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n

For several weeks, the usual social activities for disabled people and work and activity programmes for the same group have been suspended. Minimum services have been maintained for those who are healthy, but others, those with underlying health conditions, have been more or less at home to ensure the utmost safety and caution. The council's staff have tried to break up the monotony in creative and fun ways, and most recently by opening \u201eThe Little Coffee House\u201c.<\/p>\n

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The aim is to change scenery and experience something new.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"20200422_174342\"The Little Coffee House is located at 14 Su\u00f0urgata in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Residents of a residential community in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, along with staff, can now book an appointment at \u201eLitla kaffiH\u00fasi\u00f0\u201c and experience a caf\u00e9 atmosphere, play games together or watch a film, all according to their wishes and well-being. Here, the residents can come together in a safe environment where public health guidelines on hygiene and social distancing are strictly followed, and the area is thoroughly disinfected between appointments.<\/p>\n

\u201eThe lockdown and lack of variety is proving to be a great challenge for some residents in the residential units. Our people are used to being fully active and in a routine every weekday.\u201c<\/em> says Hr\u00f6nn Hilmarsd\u00f3ttir, Head of Development and Operations for Disability Affairs at Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Municipality. \u201eThe staff of the residential unit have been busy coming up with ideas for entertainment and ways to break up the day since the lockdown began, and sharing them with each other. One of the ideas is this caf\u00e9 in \u201cThe House', a project that was launched before Easter.<\/em> The building at 14 Su\u00f0urgata is home to the operations of Geitungarnir, a work and activity programme for disabled people; the leisure activities of Vinaskj\u00f3l and Kletturinn for various age groups; and the Youth Centre Hamarinn for young people aged 16 to 25. All of these activities are closed or significantly restricted at the moment. \u201eThe same group gathers at the Little Coffee House, meeting in the communal space of the residential units. This is simply a change of scenery, doing something new and exciting with the same group. Staff transport residents between locations and have a pleasant time with them in a different setting to usual.\u201c <\/em>says Hr\u00f6nn, imagining that residents of all residential areas of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will make use of this opportunity more than once until the end, and the lockdown is completely lifted. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201e\u00deessi helgi er or\u00f0in alltof l\u00f6ng\u201c segir \u00edb\u00fai \u00e1 b\u00fasetukjarna \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Um nokkurra vikna skei\u00f0 hefur hef\u00f0bundi\u00f0 f\u00e9lagsstarf fyrir fatla\u00f0 f\u00f3lk og vinnu- og virkni\u00farr\u00e6\u00f0i fyrir sama h\u00f3p legi\u00f0 ni\u00f0ri. L\u00e1gmarks\u00fej\u00f3nustu hefur veri\u00f0 haldi\u00f0 \u00fati fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem eru heilsuhraustir en a\u00f0rir, \u00feeir sem eru me\u00f0 undirliggjandi sj\u00fakd\u00f3ma, veri\u00f0 meira og minna heima vi\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14264"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}