Cafe serves 25 schoolchildren free of charge as good deed of the day

"So we invited the whole class, all 25 children, down to George’s and treated them to a juice drink and a pain au chocolat, all on us."

A Bradford district cafe treated schoolchildren and staff to a free snack after swimming.

George’s Cafe, at homas Duggan House in Shipley, welcomed 25 Christ Church Academy pupils for free juice and pain au chocolat.

The cafe won the Best Sandwich Shop in Bradford 2026 title in the Telegraph & Argus competition.

Posting on social media, a spokesperson for the cafe said: "Last Thursday I spotted the children from Christ Church Academy heading off swimming, and we all know what it’s like after a swim – you’re absolutely starving.

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"So we invited the whole class, all 25 children, down to George’s and treated them to a juice drink and a pain au chocolat, all on us."

The kind gesture didn’t stop with the pupils.

The spokesperson added: "Of course, we couldn’t forget the staff either, so the teachers had lattes on us too."