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Multicultural café

The café will have a vibrant, lively atmosphere, reflecting the diversity of York's population. It will be a heartfelt recognition of the wonderful range of subtle, exotic and appetizing foods from a variety of cultures, and of the efforts and commitment by farmers and other workers to produce these foods in the home cultures of those who live in York.

In the café the services offered at present through the EXPRESSIONS! festival will be extended through training, mentoring and leadership opportunities, developing skills and enhancing self-assurance.

YUMI aims to source the foods and ingredients from community ventures both within the UK and outside wherever possible, and to buy locally, organically and ethically whenever we are able.

Exhibition space

In this space, the skills, achievements and stories of local people will have opportunities to be expressed through a variety of media. This will be the place where the true diversity of the people who live here can be celebrated and shared with families, friends, neighbours and colleagues, in a dramatically new way.

This space will also be an opportunity for local people to connect to the roots cultures of our local BME groups: plans are under way to develop the 'local/global' concept by linking with artists from local ethnic groups' home cultures, and to represent them alongside our local people's achievements.

These two areas represent the 'core' of the Centre, whatever its size.

If space allows, there will also be the potential for:

Workshop/surgery space for local groups: there will be opportunities for meetings, courses and workshops run on a variety of themes within the concept of 'local/global', 'local/planetary' and intercultural communication of all kinds.

Ethical trading of goods from local minority groups' home cultures will also become possible, developing sales outlets for community organisations and small initiatives, and offering opportunities for mentoring and training in sales and business skills for local people.

See you in the Centre!

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	© www.davidxgreen.com	Home The YUMI Centre Multicultural café The café will have a vibrant, lively atmosphere, reflecting the diversity of York's population. It will be a heartfelt recognition of the wonderful range of subtle, exotic and appetizing foods from a variety of cultures, and of the efforts and commitment by farmers and other workers to produce these foods in the home cultures of those who live in York. In the café the services offered at present through the EXPRESSIONS! festival will be extended through training, mentoring and leadership opportunities, developing skills and enhancing self-assurance. YUMI aims to source the foods and ingredients from community ventures both within the UK and outside wherever possible, and to buy locally, organically and ethically whenever we are able. Exhibition space In this space, the skills, achievements and stories of local people will have opportunities to be expressed through a variety of media. This will be the place where the true diversity of the people who live here can be celebrated and shared with families, friends, neighbours and colleagues, in a dramatically new way. This space will also be an opportunity for local people to connect to the roots cultures of our local BME groups: plans are under way to develop the 'local/global' concept by linking with artists from local ethnic groups' home cultures, and to represent them alongside our local people's achievements. These two areas represent the 'core' of the Centre, whatever its size. If space allows, there will also be the potential for: Workshop/surgery space for local groups: there will be opportunities for meetings, courses and workshops run on a variety of themes within the concept of 'local/global', 'local/planetary' and intercultural communication of all kinds. Ethical trading of goods from local minority groups' home cultures will also become possible, developing sales outlets for community organisations and small initiatives, and offering opportunities for mentoring and training in sales and business skills for local people. See you in the Centre! [Top]
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