Lessons from 25 Years of the Engine Shed

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.

Scottish Affairs' Volume 34, Issue 2