The
Engine Shed
An introduction to the work of
the Engine Shed, a social enterprise based in Edinburgh providing
training for people with learning disabilities and good food for
everyone.
Lessons from 25 years of the Engine
Shed
By Marian MacDonald (pdf)
Ten years after its
closure due to local authority funding cuts, this article looks back
at the 25 years of Edinburgh’s
Engine Shed, an innovative project that helped to transition young
people with learning disabilities into secure long-term employment.
The Engine Shed, with a popular café, bakery, and tofu making unit,
leaves a legacy of positive impact, but also a
‘hole’
in service provision in
the capital. Here its former CEO reflects
on the lessons we can learn from its operation and, indeed, from its
loss.
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