Big Issue Invest reports value of positive social impact delivered by Invisible Cities to be £187,700

Invisible Cities, the social enterprise that trains people who have previously experienced Homelessness, to become walking tour guides of their own city in Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and York – has recently worked with Big Issue Invest to develop a report, measuring their social impact.  The social impact delivered by Invisible Cities is achieved both in the direct employment of tour providers and through the wider training and advocacy work delivered by the team. Invisible Cities has supported 13 people directly to generate sustainable income with three going on to suitable further employment. Big Issue Invest has estimated a social value of £187,700 generated…

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Invisible Cities teams up with Virtualtrips.io to launch LIVE virtual tours of Edinburgh

Invisible Cities, the social enterprise that trains people who have previously  experienced  homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city in Edinburgh, Manchester,  Glasgow and York – has teamed up with Virtualtrips.io to offer LIVE virtual tours of Edinburgh.  Virtualtrips is a dedicated live-streaming platform that offers raw, human-centric tours of interesting places, broadcast in real time by expert locals. With more than 250 tours across 45 locations and counting, people can ‘travel’ together to Venice, explore Yellowstone National Park, and make it back in time to see the coast of Guernsey – all in the same day.   Viewers can enjoy following Virtualtrips’ friendly and knowledgeable…

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Invisible Cities and artist John Hewitt team up to bring Invisible Manchester’s Collaborative Art Project to life

Invisible Cities, the social enterprise that trains people who have previously experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city in Edinburgh,Manchester, Glasgow and York, is collaborating with artist John Hewitt to create a stunning community led art project. Exploring ways to visually represent poetry and words alongside images, the partnership will be using the city as their very own gallery space.  Aiming to break down the stigmas around homelessness and give a voice to those who have felt invisible in their own city, Invisible Cities is focussing on work from their principal Manchester Tour Guides…

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Celebrate Burns Night with Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities, the social enterprise that trains people who have previously experienced homelessness – become walking tour guides of their own city, in Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and York – will be hosting an online quiz to celebrate Burns Night.    Their official quiz master and Invisible (Edinburgh) guide has designed the special quiz for teams of up to six to enjoy online. All of the questions will be centered around Scottish Culture and there will be a few trick questions thrown in there too!    Zakia Moulaoui Guery, Founder & CEO of Invisible Cities comments, “We know this year, we will not be able to come together to enjoy our traditional Haggis, Neeps…

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Give Something Back this Christmas with a Gift from Invisible Cities

2020 will, for many, have been one of the toughest years of our lives, and for those who are currently experiencing homeless or those who have found themselves without a roof over their heads in the past, this Christmas could perhaps be one of their most challenging times. Social enterprise Invisible Cities are inviting you to support them by purchasing from a carefully curated selection of unique gifts, available for sale via their website. All profits from purchases will go directly towards supporting some of those most in need of…

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