Digital Pain Café

A weekly online e-café for everyone. Starting October 2026 — use the same joining link each week.

Our next online Pain Café event

Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 12:00

Weekly Special: Digital Pain Cafe - Coffee and Chat

Get support at the Digital Pain Café

But wait… what's a Pain Café?

The Digital Pain Café is an online peer support group for people with pain. Join us each week to connect, learn and share tips and experiences, using the same joining link every time.

You are not alone.

Kevin Feaviour
Kevin Feaviour loves talking with people and learning through conversation. I feel that we all have something to offer and we can all contribute to our and others well being. We all have a part to play. Shared experience is so valuable to understanding and through building trust we can develop our knowledge skills and confidence to be more in control of our lives amongst others. I also like fun ways of doing things and enjoying activities that we do
kevin.feaviour@imagineif.net

Pain cafes

We all know cafes are informal spaces where people can pop in, get some sustenance and chat with people around them. Pain cafes are the same with a focus on talking about our experience of pain and how we manage it. It is a chance to talk to about pain and lots of other things – we are not defined by our pain. We can share ideas, develop new tools to help other people understand our experience and just chat about everyday life. Cafes are supported by;

Baristas – people who have training and knowledge about pain (like making coffee).

Menus - of activities and strategies to whet your appetite.

Come and go atmosphere

Intelligent and understanding conversations with some banter and fun thrown in.

The Digital Pain Café meets online each week, starting in October 2026. The date, time and Weekly Special will be updated here for each session, and the joining link stays the same. Everyone is welcome to meet, share experiences and develop skills for living well with pain.

If you have trouble joining, please email kevin.feaviour@imagineif.net.

We can improve experience education and environments to help us all and those around us.

We can all change the way we think (and therefore feel) things. We can literally change our brain no matter what age. Try this exercise. Look at the diagram below. Read the words first e.g.yellow, blue, orange, black, red etc. Quite quick and easy I imagine. Now try reading the colours of the words e.g green, red, blue, yellow, blue etc. I guess it took longer and your stumbled across some words as your brain wanted to read the words rather than the colours. Through practice you can learn to read to colours of the words as quickly as reading the words himself.

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Tips Jar

Who's invited?: Anyone living with pain in the area. The baristas have been trained in the 10 Footsteps and will decide who to invite. These groups should grow organically by word-of-mouth.
How often do you meet?: We aim to meet in person, at regular times each month. Each pain cafe has their own set reoccurring day - please see the separate pages to check for your town. In addition to in person cafe's, we also have online digital cafes which you can join remotely.
Is its free?: Yes! You might want to buy some coffee and a cake though.
My local café has no events: If nothing is available we run an online county-wide café which everyone is welcome to join.

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