Rose & Thistle Market

by Maggie Wishart | 11 Mar, 2022 | Charity, Coffee, Education, Journal, Social Responsibility

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...

St Andrews café reopening with more inclusive welcome & facilities for all, including ‘Long Covid’ sufferers

by Maggie Wishart | 13 Apr, 2021 | Charity, Coffee, Health, Journal, Social Responsibility

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...

Zest Disability Training

by Maggie Wishart | 18 Aug, 2016 | Exercise, Health, Journal, Social Responsibility

With August already here, 2016 is no longer new. Here in Zest we hit the ground running with our refit & rebrand in January, and so far have continued as we mean to go on. What better way to celebrate the launch of our new website than with a new blog post! [I’m...

A HUGE Thank You

by Maggie Wishart | 21 Sep, 2014 | Charity, Education, Journal, Social Responsibility

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’,...

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...