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Zest Employee shares about her Fife Youth Job Contract

by Maggie Wishart | 8 Sep, 2014 | Charity, Education, Journal

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...

Zest staff completes disability awareness training

by Maggie Wishart | 3 Jul, 2014 | Charity, Education

How do you define disability? This was the opening question at the Disability Awareness Training for the Zest staff on 25 June, 2014. The training was led by Lee-Ann from the Fife Council Supported Employment Services. The staff learnt that a disability is a physical...

Zest helps the Bethany Christian Trust homeless charity at the big sleepout

by Maggie Wishart | 1 May, 2014 | Charity

It was a gloomy and rainy Friday in April and five of us Zest staff were gearing up to sleep outside. Zest had committed to support the Bethany Christian Trust by getting sponsors and giving up our beds for one night to sleep outside. Bethany Christian Trust The...

Zest receives an Investors in Young People Accreditation

by Maggie Wishart | 21 Feb, 2014 | Charity, Education

Did you know, in Scotland we have 53,000 Young People, not in work, education or training. Did you know, 50% of school leavers don’t go to university, yet few gain relevant vocational qualifications while at school. Did you know, only 27% of employers offer work...