The City of Edinburgh Council yesterday approved a wide range of recommendations to tackle homelessness.
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Tag: Social Bite
Be part of your community at Edinburgh College’s Granton Community Day
Edinburgh College is opening its doors for a day of community spirit and celebration at its Granton Campus next month. Families, community groups and local businesses are all invited to the college’s Granton Community Day to find out what the college has to offer and the role it has at the heart of the local community. Continue reading Be part of your community at Edinburgh College’s Granton Community Day
Talking homelessness at Tuesday’s community council meeting
Social Bite founder Josh Littlejohn is guest speaker at West Pilton and West Granton Community Council’s meeting on Tuesday (6 February) at 7pm in West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre. All welcome.
Social Bite’s Josh Littlejohn to address local community council
Josh Littlejohn MBE, founder of Social Bite and the man behind the homeless village on the Granton waterfront, will be guest speaker at West Pilton & West Granton Community Council next week.
The meeting takes place on Tuesday 6 February at 7pm in West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre. All welcome.
Sit Down for Change: charity art auction supports campaign to end homelessness
BoConcept Scotland are proud to host a unique ‘Sit Down for Change’ charity art auction in aid of Social Bite and the Scottish Government’s mission to eradicate homelessness within the next five years. Continue reading Sit Down for Change: charity art auction supports campaign to end homelessness
Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park raises £500,000 in only three weeks
Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park initiative has raised over £500,000 in only three weeks. The social business is on an ambitious mission to work with others to end homelessness in Scotland within five years (see below), and more than 2,000 people have already pledged to sleep out at the Sleep in the Park event in Princes Street Gardens on December 9th.
Fifteen families have also signed up to offer a spare room and 28 companies are offering job opportunities to homeless people.
Up to ten thousand people are expected to ‘sleep rough’at the event, which has been billed ‘Live Aid for Scottish Homelessness’. Attractions include:
- Live concert featuring ‘buskers’ Liam Gallagher, Deacon Blue, Amy Macdonald and Frightened Rabbit. all playing rare stripped back acoustic sets.
- Sir Bob Geldof will be sleeping out and supporting the event
- Comedy legend John Cleese to tell a bedtime story to top fundraisers
Social Bite has set a fundraising target of £4m and is looking to generate 1,000 employment offers and 1,000 ‘spare room’ supported lodging pledges.
To register to participate, go to sleepinthepark.co.uk
New homes for Christmas
Social Bite’s waterfront village homes to be ready by Christmas
A new village for homeless people will be up and running before Christmas. The Social Bite Village on Granton’s waterfront will be made up of 10 two-bedroom homes that can be moved and transported. Continue reading New homes for Christmas
Skanska staff to support Social Bite
Employees from the Skanska’s facilities management business are taking part in a twelve-hour cycling event to raise money for the Edinburgh-based charity the Social Bite Fund today.
The Social Bite Fund helps homeless people, and runs a number of food shops in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The organisation also offers a range of employment and training opportunities for vulnerable or homeless people.
Twenty people from Skanska will take part on Friday (June 16) between 7.00am and 7.00pm. The idea is that while individuals cycle for smaller periods of time, someone will always be cycling during the marathon 12- hour stretch.
The event will take place at The Fountain spin studio in Eurocentral, Glasgow. A number of employees from the Midlothian and Edinburgh areas are also participating in related activities in those areas.
The event has been organised by Skanska’s Susan Weir, who said: “We hope to raise as much as possible for the Social Bite Fund. It’ll be exhausting, but worth it, in order to help the homeless.”
Hundreds ‘sleep rough’ to support Social Bite village
Last night, Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, joined over 250 CEOs from across Scotland who slept out rough in Charlotte Square in aid of the final push from Social Bite to raise money to build the first ever village for homeless people in Edinburgh. Continue reading Hundreds ‘sleep rough’ to support Social Bite village
City shares in Observer Food Awards
The winners of the 2016 Observer Food Monthly Awards, supported by AO.com, were announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday – and Edinburgh was among the winners. Social bite received the outstanding achievement award (Social Bite’s Josh Littlejohn pictured above) and Edinburgh food blogger Kerry Teakle was also honoured at the event, winning best reader’s recipe. Continue reading City shares in Observer Food Awards