This case study highlights Dundee-based Braw Tea Café, which empowers disadvantaged women through training, employment, and community support. Supported by Firstport, it offers a welcoming space for skill-building and confidence while serving homemade vegetarian and vegan meals. 

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Braw Tea Café: A Kind Kitchen Changing Lives

Braw Tea Café: A Kind Kitchen Changing Lives

Employability, SEF - Build it

This case study highlights Dundee-based Braw Tea Café, which empowers disadvantaged women through training, employment, and community support. Supported by Firstport, it offers a welcoming space for skill-building and confidence while serving homemade vegetarian and vegan meals. 

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Social Enterprise Boost: Zone31

Health & Social Care, SEF - Boost It

In response to the lack of inclusive art opportunities, Zoe Corr established Zone31, a social enterprise dedicated to making the arts accessible to all, inspiring and opening doors for individuals who may have once felt excluded from the art world.

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Social Enterprise Boost: Luminary Photography CIC

Health & Social Care, SEF - Boost It

Luminary Photography CIC is a social enterprise that firmly believes in the power of photography to transform lives. Founded by Simon Green, Luminary Photography strives to provide access to the field and is a dedicated advocate for photography in education, industry and art.

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Social Enterprise Boost: Mirabel Lavelle

Health & Social Care, SEF - Boost It

Our latest Social Enterprise Boost case study highlights Mirabel Lavelle, allergy safety advocate and founder of Write by Mirabel.  

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Social Enterprise Boost: BlueJay Wellness CIC

Health & Social Care, SEF - Boost It

The Social Enterprise Boost team sat down with Lisa Cryer, the founder of BlueJay Wellness, a social enterprise that aims to empower young people in the North East to improve their mental and physical well-being for life, to discuss the growing challenge of young people’s mental health in the region and how they are making a positive impact on children in our communities.

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