Dear Green is a Glasgow-based coffee roaster credited with pioneering specialty coffee culture in Scotland. And it’s equally well-known for its sound ethical business practices. The team is proud to source coffee with 100% traceability to the coffee producers and supports projects improving the conditions, infrastructure and livelihoods of communities in impoverished coffee-producing areas around the world. Having admired Social …

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner, visited Edinburgh yesterday marking an announcement that her organisation, Malala Fund, will be working with Social Bite’s Josh Littlejohn MBE on an international collaboration, which aims to support thousands of homeless and displaced people around the world. Yesterday Malala visited Social Bite’s restaurant, Vesta, for a private luncheon and later that …

Every year, in the lead-up to the festive period we ask restaurants and hotels nationwide to join the movement to end homelessness in Scotland by taking part in our festive campaign. The campaign asks customers to pay forward meals for people experiencing homelessness to receive a meal during the festive period and throughout the following year. We have been overwhelmed …

Frightened Rabbit, Lulu, Eddi Reader and Kyle Falconer announced for Sleep in the Park 2018 * Grant Hutchison, Billy Kennedy and Andy Monaghan of Frightened Rabbit to perform in Glasgow, with guest singers for special performance as tribute to late founder of the band Scott Hutchison * Scottish legend Lulu to play the Edinburgh event * Kyle Falconer to headline …

On Friday (3rd August 2018) we announced the first batch of funding to start the programme across five locations in Scotland. Social Bite are providing funding through the money that was raised through Sleep in the Park events, and other fundraisers. The other significant contributor of funds is The Merchants House of Glasgow. Up to 800 houses have been pledged …

Deedit is a social experiment, which will operate from August 2-25 in Edinburgh, as a special partnership between Social Bite, Tesco Bank and the University of Edinburgh. The aim is to discover how small good deeds and acts of kindness can enhance and potentially transform society. You can help our mission to end homelessness by paying forward a hot drink …

Social Bite’s restaurant Home enters a new chapter as it relaunches as ‘Vesta’. Originally opened in September 2016 as a partnership between Social Bite and Dean Gassabi of Maison Bleue, the new venture will see the homelessness charity teaming up with David Hall, one of Scotland’s most experienced hospitality operators, previously of The Innis & Gunn Beer Kitchens and Tigerlily. …