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UK’s First Training Pub for Young People With Learning Disabilities Opens in Brighton

The North Star serves as a social‑enterprise model that pairs paid hospitality experience with reinvestment into inclusive employment.

Overview

  • Nigella Lawson and Marisa Abela attended the launch and were named the first patrons of Team Domenica.
  • From February, the pub will host on‑site training and paid roles for young people with learning disabilities and autism.
  • All profits from the venue will be directed to Team Domenica, which is also fundraising to build a training center upstairs.
  • Founder Baroness Rosa Monckton is lobbying for employers to be exempt from national insurance contributions on staff with learning disabilities, citing it as a hiring barrier.
  • Team Domenica reports around 80% job placement and 86% two‑year retention in its programs and is exploring expansion, including a possible London site.