Social Bite

The final two nest houses have been delivered to the site of the Social Bite village in Granton, Edinburgh as the countdown begins to its opening.

(from left) Bob Gould, Robertson Civil Engineering; Tony Fry, MD of Robertson Civil Engineering; Josh Littlejohn, Social Bite and Ron Bathgate, Robertson Civil Engineering Robertson Group has underlined its commitment to tackling societal issues after completing work at the Social Bite Village in Ed

(from left) Fraser Nicol (Scott-Moncrieff), William Mcpherson (Re-Tek), Ewain Black (Social Bite) Social Bite’s Digital Inclusion Project has just received a huge boost in the form of 25 laptops and 4PCs.

Josh Littlejohn MBE launching the sleep out event Around 600 of Scotland’s most vulnerable rough sleepers are to be provided with homes and continuing support to sustain their tenancies under an imitative launched by social enterprise Social Bite.

Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn Parkhead Housing Association is delighted to announce that Josh Littlejohn MBE will deliver the 4th Annual John Wheatley Lecture on 25th October 2018.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to visit the Social Bite social enterprise in Edinburgh during the couple’s first official joint visit to Scotland next week. The royal couple will visit the social enterprise cafe on Tuesday and help to mark the Scottish Year of Young People 2018.

The Sleep in the Park event was headlined by Liam Gallagher A festive fundraising campaign to tackle homelessness in Scotland which saw thousands of people sleep rough for a night in Edinburgh has raised more than £4 million.

Team Kingdom during the event Three teams of staff members from Kingdom Housing Association took part in the world’s largest ever sleep out at the weekend, raising a staggering £10,264.65 to tackle homelessness in the process.

Sally Spence with Tammy Connolly joined fellow fundraisers Amanda Miller, Susan Turner, Karen McDade, Cathie Brown, Willie Frew, Irene Wielbo, Lauren Upton, Carol Robertson, Hilary Scott and Claire Wilson Twelve of Eildon’s housing staff volunteered to sleep rough in Edinburgh’s Princes Street G

Sir Bob Geldof addressed the crowd during the event Two of Scotland largest housing providers have committed 475 homes to be allocated to homeless people across the central belt in the wake of the world biggest sleepout, which raised a minimum of £3.6 million to help end homelessness in the country

Staff from Cairn Housing Association have smashed through their own fundraising target for Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park event this weekend. The team, one of many housing organisations taking part, has raised over £3,000 towards Social Bite’s ambitious target to eradicate homelessness in Scot

With less than a week to go until Social Bite's Sleep in the Park, Scottish Housing News is encouraging those taking part to get in touch on the night and share their stories. Scottish Housing News’ editor Kieran Findlay will be live tweeting from the event so be sure to follow us on Twitter or us

One of the accommodation units set to be located within the new village Diggers have moved on to the site of a new homeless village in Edinburgh being delivered by social enterprise sandwich chain Social Bite.

The Pentland team has been fundraising for various charities all year Pentland Housing Association housing officer, Yvonne Gunn, is preparing to participate in Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park next week, her second sleep-out event in a matter of weeks.

Minus three degrees (from left) Helen, Susan and Joyce Fairfield Housing Co-operative’s corporate manager Susan Bell, finance officer Joyce Clark and housing officer Helen Ross are the latest housing professionals to sign up to Sleep in the Park in Princess Gardens on December 9.