Global News Hour visits Willow Bean Café on the VGH campus, where baristas living with mental illness build confidence with every cup of coffee served.

A social enterprise between Vancouver Coastal Health, Sodexo and the Canadian Mental Health Association, Willow Bean Café – located on the ground floor of the Willow Pavilion — provides mental health consumers a six-month supported training program to gain employable skills and prepare to enter the employment market.

Learn more

• The Willow Bean Café (video produced by VCH, Sodexo and the Canadian Mental Health Association)
• Willow Bean Café announces new hours