Social Bite is over the moon to be selected as charitable partner for the coming year by St Andrews University Charity Fashion Show (FS). FS is the largest and most successful student run fashion show in the UK, attracting the attention of national and international press. Social Bite was chosen as this year’s charity partner because we echo FS’s own …

(Pictured above, Left to Right – 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. The generous donation is the result of a joint venture between IT re-furbishment and re-sale specialists Re-Tek and business and accountancy firm Scott-Moncrieff. This collaborative effort grew out of a conversation last …

  Today, Thursday March 8 is International Women’s Day and we at Social Bite have more reason to celebrate than most. We are extremely proud of the fact that as an equal opportunities employer 76.2 per cent of our management staff are women. We currently have 21 management positions ranging through Head Office, Social Impact, Academy, Cafes and Concessions, 16 …

The Big Issue inter-city challenge day on Friday September 8 got off to a hearty start with breakfast provided by Social Bite. Big Issue vendors in Edinburgh and Glasgow decided to challenge each other to a “Great Big Huge Sell-Off” to see not only which team, but also which vendor could sell the most copies in one day. The idea …

CENTRAL Kitchen has been a hive of industry since the beginning of August to meet an order of 7,000 extra sandwiches and 1,400 salad boxes for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In partnership with event catering specialist Sodexo, our sandwiches and salads are available for purchase in the Spiegeltent, Signing Tent and Bookshop Café. As part of the agreement Sodexo …

. . . . . St Andrew’s Square! Yes, it is there – more to the St David’s St side of the square than the middle actually – but sitting there nestled under a tree – our prototype home for the Social Bite Village. It arrived on the back of a truck yesterday at 5.30am and with the help of …

GLASGOW is one of the main dispersal points in the UK for Asylum Seekers and a sad truth is that once an Asylum seeker gains refugee status, apart from in the unlikely circumstances that they have a lot of personal funds, that person then becomes a part of the homeless system. This means that groups such as Ypeople, who provide …

Social Bite organised a Cooking Gathering in partnership with Street work and CRISIS. It is a CRISIS led course that has included a visit to our Rose street shop and a visit to our central kitchen in Livingston so far. It was opened to any people supported by Crisis, Street work or Social Bite. The purpose is to learn to …

Hate going to a café where your favourite cuppa is a bit of a hit or a miss? Well, that’s not a problem faced by Social Bite’s cafes anymore thanks to our partnership with Artisan Roast. All staff members are being schooled in the intricacies of producing the perfect cup of coffee from grinding and brewing to extract the full …