MASAGANA

Community

Everyone has a seat.

Filipino and Filipino-friendly businesses, growing as one table. Bayanihan (community spirit) and kapwa (others as family) are the reason we do any of this.

A group of guests smiling around a long wooden table in a D'Cocina dining room under hanging greenery.

The why

Why we build together.

  • Bayanihan

    Bayanihan (community spirit) is neighbours lifting the same load together. It is how we want a group of businesses to grow.

  • Kapwa

    Kapwa (others as family) means nobody is a stranger at our table. We treat the people we work with as family.

Membership

A community of businesses.

We are building a membership community that connects Filipino and Filipino-friendly businesses, so that no business has to grow on its own.

If you own a business and being part of a connected community sounds right, tell us who you are.

An open invitation

Businesses we want to bring in.

Masagana is building a Filipino-led home for many kinds of Filipino business. These are the kinds we would love to bring together. If you run one, or dream of starting one, come and join us. Filipino entrepreneurs are warmly invited.

  • Restaurants · D'Cocina

    Open now

    Sizzling sisig, inasal and a table made for sharing

  • Cafés

    Barako coffee, calamansi coolers and a slow, friendly afternoon

  • Bakery & pastry

    Pandesal warm from the oven, ube and ensaymada

  • Wellness

    Hilot (healing touch), the traditional Filipino massage

  • Barbershop & beauty

    A sharp cut, a proper shave and an easy chat in the chair

  • Mini groceries & fresh produce

    Fresh mango, ube and the sauces behind a Filipino table

  • Souvenir & novelty shops

    Handwoven pieces, sweet treats and small gifts from the islands

  • Agencies

    Recruitment, travel and business help from people who know both worlds

Only D’Cocina is open today. Every other kind here is one we hope to welcome.

My business wants to join
A large crowd gathered outside D'Cocina Birmingham on its opening day.

Filipino Town

Places to feel at home.

Filipino Towns are the next chapter, in cities across the UK.

More than one is in the pipeline. We picture places where anyone can walk in and feel at home.

Filipino Grocery stores

Alongside the Towns, we are building Filipino Grocery stores.

For everyone

Come and experience it.

This is for everyone, of any background. Filipino culture is for sharing. Tuloy po kayo (come in, you're welcome).

Through these businesses and, in time, the Filipino Towns, we want anyone to be able to enjoy Filipino culture, and find the Philippines a little closer.

An evening street market under strings of glowing star lanterns, where a vendor serves dessert and grilled skewers to a smiling crowd, including a child on a man's shoulders.

Work and wellbeing

Livelihoods that let families thrive.

Growing the group means growing livelihoods, in both countries.

A woman holding up a certificate beside a colleague at the D'Cocina Birmingham opening.

In the UK

  • Chefs and kitchen crews
  • Floor staff and managers
  • Drivers
  • Bookkeepers and admin teams
  • Local partners who own a business

We also offer recruitment, training and working-visa support for Filipinos who are ready to work abroad.

In the Philippines

  • Farming
  • Manufacturing
  • Exporting
  • Media production
  • Outsourcing

Jobs that let families thrive without having to leave.

Is your business Filipino-friendly?

Tell us about your business and we will be in touch.

My business wants to join

community@masagana.group