Tag: Social Bite
Board room dinner for Social Bite guests
Royal Bank of Scotland is teaming up with homelessness charity Social Bite to lay on a Christmas dinner at the bank in St Andrew Square to welcome people who Social Bite and the bank...
Pulling back the curtain on Social Bite’s Festival of Kindness
Charity Social Bite invites visitors to St Andrew Square to "give the gift of a home" this Christmas.
All donations made during the festive season will support their new villages which will become home to...
Loanhead salon begin Christmas fundraising drive for Social Bite
Stacey White and her team of hairdressers at Cheveux Salon in Loanhead are raising funds for the homeless this Christmas at their Loanhead Salon.
Instead of gifts the salon asks clients to donate £5...
Social Bite’s ‘Festival of Kindness’ launches in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square
The cost-of-living crisis is affecting us all, but the impact is even more devastating to the vulnerable and those who experience homelessness. Social Bite’s 'Festival of Kindness' launched this year in Edinburgh’s St Andrew...
Social Bite launch Festival of Kindness to spread festive cheer
Charity Social Bite’s Festival of Kindness has launched in Edinburgh and in four other UK cities, expanding on last year’s campaign, in a bid to spread some much-needed festive goodwill and kindness.
The charity...
Bake Off winner Peter helps out with a brownie
Bake Off winner, Peter Sawkins from Balerno, has helped create a new limited edition brownie box for homeless charity, Social Bite.
From tomorrow lovers of the chocolate treats can order a box of four brownies...
Sir Chris Hoy completes charity cycle to Granton
Sir Chris Hoy cycled from Glasgow to Edinburgh on Sunday morning, arriving at the Social Bite Village in Granton, to raise funds for the next two new villages.
He was joined by hundreds of...
Social Bite start selling Boxes of Joy from today
Social Bite have had to more or less close their city centre cafés, in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, limiting how much they can make from the sale of sandwiches and coffees.
Looking for an...
Coronavirus – RBS help Social Bite by converting HQ into supply centre
The RBS has stepped in to help Trussell Trust food banks and charity Social Bite.
They have converted the HQ at Gogarbuurn into a distribution centre to supply food and hygiene products to the...
Big Sleep Out to take place at The Centre Livingston
The Centre Livingston will be the first mall in the UK to sign up for Social Bite's World's Big Sleep Out on 8 December 2019.
Over 30 staff and their families including the Centre Director...
Football supporters get behind Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park
A partnership has been announced between Social Bite and the Scottish Football Supporters Association (SFSA) designed to offer a grassroots football response to the national campaign to help to see an end to homelessness...
Edinburgh Napier launches Dignity Box campaign
A campaign being spearheaded by an Edinburgh Napier lecturer will mean that free
toiletries are made available to those who need them most across the Lothian
region.
The initiative called ‘Dignity Boxes’ is the brainchild of Isabel Dosser, a
lecturer...
Sleeps in the Park (times 4)
There will be four Sleeps in the Park this December, so you can choose where you might like to doze fitfully in the cold for charity.
The stars will travel by helicopter to perform at...
Cullen Property raises over £12,000 to support Social Bite
Edinburgh property management team sleeps out in -6 temperatures
Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park event took over Edinburgh’s Princes
Street Gardens at the weekend as over 8,000 people, made up of small corporate teams and...
CEO Sleepout – good idea if you spend the proceeds wisely
by Beth Watts, Heriot-Watt University
Hundreds of business leaders recently spent a night sleeping outside in central Edinburgh, Scotland, to raise funds for homeless people. They were joined by Olympic cyclist Chris Hoy and were served...
Our advent calendar – Christmas Gift suggestion #21
Buy somebody a suspended coffee today with Social Bite.
What is a suspended coffee? You pay it forward and then a homeless person can redeem a cup of coffee. (And better than that you can buy...
MSP sleeps out to support homeless village
Edinburgh Northern and Leith MSP Ben Macpherson was among the hundreds of people who slept out in the private gardens in Charlotte Square on Thursday night to raise money for the first homeless village...
Edinburgh homeless village plans unveiled
Plans to build a village in Edinburgh for homeless people were confirmed today by a Scottish social enterprise group.
Social Bite want to build ten purpose-built houses in the Granton area, and the move is in...
Mr Clooney had lunch on George Street……
Just in case you missed him, here is a gratuitous photo of the Hollywood star who came to spend the day in Edinburgh today before speaking at the Scottish Business Awards tonight.
Three young waitresses...
Christmas Day in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Serenity Cafe is open today and every day throughout the holidays for people who need a safe place to be. Today it will provide a Christmas meal for people in recovery who might otherwise...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2014
Dog Tales: The Dogs Trust will host this storytelling and crafts session about safety around dogs and responsible dog ownership. For ages 5-10. 2-3pm, Gilmerton Library, 13 Newtoft Street.
Messy Nativity! 4-5.30pm,...
‘Suspended Coffee’ – Rose Street café leads the way in charitable giving
Social Bite, may be a small café on Rose Street, but they are at the centre of a big change in the Edinburgh’s food culture. Opening just over a year ago, Social Bite has...
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