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Social Bite

Intro to Social Bite

Social Bite began as a small social business sandwich shop on Rose Street, Edinburgh in 2012.

Soon after opening, a young, homeless man named Pete, who has been selling the Big Issue outside plucked up the courage to ask for a job. He was welcomed with open arms and seeing the difference it made encouraged Social Bite to help others. They began offering jobs and free food to people affected by homelessness and overtime they expanded into a chain or sandwich shops, restaurants, and a catering business.

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Each year Social Bite give out over 140,000 items of food to those experiencing homelessness and food poverty, each week connecting around 550 vulnerable people with good food, support and opportunities.

Social Bite's mission is to bring people together in a collaborative movement to end homelessness.

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Homelessness has countless effects on an individual, as well as communities. Social Bite focuses on creating trusting relationships and real opportunities, so individuals can make a positive change.

By partnering with Social Bite on the Jobs First programme we are committing to breaking down barriers to entry, by supporting individuals, who have faced homelessness into sustainable employment, allowing them to change their lives for the better – swapping a reality of poverty and exclusion for one of compassionate support and inclusion.

SOCIAL BITE: JOB FIRST PROGRAMME

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