This week, our focus for eco-Wednesday is responsible sourcing. This involves sourcing as much as possible from local suppliers, in turn reducing the carbon footprint of our supply chain. An added bonus of this is supporting other local small businesses and thus...
We had our second foray this weekend at the St. Andrews Rose & Thistle Makers Market, which is on every 2nd Saturday of the month. This market encourages support for local makers, bakers and artists whilst also supporting a good cause. The February market raised...
Award-winning St Andrews social enterprise café Zest is reopening for takeaway on Thursday (April 15) with an even more inclusive welcome thanks to its latest staff training and investment during Lockdown. Well before the latest lockdown began, the South Street social...
In October, the Zest team was excited to take part in a sign language workshop led by the lovely, David J Johnston who came to us from Deaf links in Dundee. One of the participants and staff member, Megan Ravenhall shares her experience. “I must admit that I wasn’t...
Not everybody knows, but Zest has a very different approach to employment. Inclusiveness is the key word in a philosophy which seeks give opportunity to those facing barriers to employment; a hand up, not a hand out. We seek to shun the labels of ‘youth unemployment’,...
Lynsey Mitchell is a smart and hard working young woman from Fife and Zest has benefited immensely from her thanks to the Fife Youth Job Contract. According to the Opportunities Fife website, the Fife Youth Job Contract (FYJC) is the Fife Council response to high...
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