Tag: Cyrenians

Cyrenians launches new Big Breakfast fundraiser

Stuart Mitchell

The Cyrenians have launched a new fundraising event, The Big Breakfast, and we are calling for our supporters to sign up to take part. The Big Breakfast will take place during September this year, and we are inviting people to come together, cook together, or simply share a meal together, enjoying some good food and raising funds to help us tackle food poverty, but also some of the other major causes and consequences of homelessness. Ewan Aitken, CEO of Cyrenians, said “It’s troubling that nearly one in ten people in…

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Cardboard Citizens launch campaign challenging Fringe audiences to no longer be Bystanders to homelessness

Stuart Mitchell

Today, the UK’s leading homelessness theatre company Cardboard Citizens supported by local and national charities including; Crisis, Shelter Scotland, Cyrenians and The Museum of Homelessness launched Citizens Do, a campaign to challenge Edinburgh Fringe audiences to no longer be bystanders to homelessness. The campaign calls on Fringe audiences to take a series simple actions to improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness in Edinburgh and across Scotland. Participants who sign up to support Citizens Do will receive three daily actions ranging from the personal to the political, from buying a…

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Cyrenians launch five year partnership with Essential Edinburgh

Stuart Mitchell

Cyrenians has announced a five-year partnership with Essential Edinburgh – Edinburgh’s central business improvement district.  The homelessness prevention charity have launched the partnership with a unique exhibition in St Andrew Square throughout August highlighting the reality of rough sleeping in the city centre. Cyrenians Chief Executive Ewan Aitken said, “The partnership between Cyrenians and Essential Edinburgh is a huge step forward, and will prove to be invaluable to our organisation. “Essential Edinburgh have already made it possible for us to expand our Navigator street outreach service in the city centre…

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Cyrenians provide over 600 free lunches in partnership with Hibernian

Stuart Mitchell

Cyrenians – working in partnership with Hibernian and NHS Lothian – has provided over 600 free lunches at their weekly GameChanger events at Easter Road Stadium. The East-of-Scotland based homelessness charity run the lunches every Monday to provide a free nutritious meal whilst bringing people together to combat loneliness and create new friendships as part of the work of the GameChanger partnership. GameChanger is a public social partnership founded by Hibernian Football Club, Hibernian Community Foundation and NHS Lothian working with others, notably Cyrenians, to improve health, lives and opportunities…

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Free sanitary products project extended in Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

People from low income households across Scotland will be able to receive free sanitary products from FareShare. Following the successful pilot in Aberdeen, FareShare will receive over £500,000 to distribute sanitary products with the aim of reaching an estimated 18,800 more people. An evaluation of the pilot showed that two thirds of those who took part had experienced difficulties in accessing sanitary products in the past. It is expected that wider access will go some way to reducing the anxiety experienced by those who struggle to find the money to…

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