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The Forest, also referred to as Forest Café,〔〔 is an independent social centre and arts centre, located on Lauriston Place, central Edinburgh, Scotland.〔 It is notable for being run by volunteers as a charitable self-sustaining not-for-profit. Forest cafe was previously housed in the former Edinburgh Seventh Day Adventist Church, a building owned by the Edinburgh University Settlement until August 2011, and housed the café, an arts gallery, performance space, rehearsal/music studio, and darkroom. Free events were held regularly, including workshops, music, film, poetry, theatre and readings. During each summer the venue ran the August Forest Fringe, a theatre and alternative arts programme as an alternative complement to the mainstream Edinburgh Festival. The Edinburgh University Settlement - the charity that owned the Bristo Place building - went bankrupt in October 2010, and it was announced that the premises were to be sold. The Forest launched a campaign to raise £500,000 to try to buy the building, or buy or rent another property elsewhere in Edinburgh. The old Forest building was squatted on the 30 November 2011 by a group of protesters not linked to the Forest. The activists stated that they wished to re-open the building to the public. Subsequently the protesters were evicted and all accessible doors and windows of the building boarded up to prevent further squatting and vandalism. In August 2012 the Forest reopened in Lauriston Place, Tollcross, where it continues its activity as a volunteer run vegetarian cafe with regular free events and workshops, assuming a pivotal role in the revival of the independent community development in central Edinburgh. ==Background== The building at 3 Bristo Place was constructed during 1899–1900 to a design by Sydney Mitchell and Wilson for the Evangelical Union on the site of a former Baptist Chapel. The category-B listed building has of floor space and was previously owned by the National Museums of Scotland, who sold the building for £600,000 during 2003. The plaque over the door reflects its subsequent use as a Seventh-day Adventist Church, who had purchased the building in 1942〔 and used it until 2000.〔 ;Social organisation The Forest organisation itself started in August 2000〔 with a venue in West Port, off the Grassmarket in Edinburgh's Old Town.〔 Relocation to the Bristo Place premises started in September 2003 and the Forest Café opened there in October 2003. After leaving in August 2011, the Forest Café reopened again in Tollcross in August 2012. ;Café In 2004, the Forest Café became one of only four internet cafés in the United Kingdom to have won a highly recommended citation in the Yahoo! Mail Internet Café Awards.〔()〕 The café serves vegetarian cuisine, locally produced organic food,〔 vegan food and Fairtrade drinks. Free Wi-Fi and public computer terminals are provided. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forest Café」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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