Upmo Eat
Upmo Eat is one of our employability initiatives, through which we provide our students with work experience in the catering and hospitality sector. The cafes also provide an important income stream for our charity and provide affordable, healthy food options to the communities we serve.
About Upmo Eat
The cafes provide a realistic working environment for our students giving them the opportunity for customer facing interactions, cash handling, food preparation, learning cooking skills, preparing hot drinks, and the importance of good hygiene practices. Our Employability workshops are designed to grow our student’s confidence as well as provide the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to potential employers in the future.
With the support and partnership of Edinburgh Leisure we now have three public facing cafes, as well as one that serves our staff and students at our site in St Margarets House.
Locations
St Margaret's House
Workshops available onsite- Performing Arts – dance, drama, music; Upmo Eat and Upmo Retail vocational workshops
Leith Victoria Swim Centre
Our cafe is open to all, and we encourage our local community to pop by.
Ainslie Park Leisure Centre
We are now welcoming sit-in customers!
Drumbrae Leisure Centre
Our cafe is open to all, and we encourage our local community to pop by.
Upmo Eat team
Marie Butler
Alan Smart
Lyle Redman-Brown
Ross Somerville
Images from Upmo Eat
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As a charity, we are committed to the social model of disability, and this is reflected in all we do.
