This is a busy week for awareness raising – its Challenge Poverty Week all week, and yesterday was World Homelessness Day and World Mental Health Day. Its also National Curry Week and Wednesday is World Post day. I could go on. Every day is a day for something and sometimes its hard to hear the messages…
Guest blog: to measure a smile
This week’s guest blog is from John Muirhead, Volunteer Coordinator at our Cyrenians Fareshare Central and South East Depot. In our depot’s twentieth year, we’ve set a target of delivering #1MilMeals. To talk about the impact of our work, we have frequently highlighted the sheer quantity of food we redistribute, and how much money Community…
Guest Blog: to stop saying and start doing
This weeks guest blog is written by Jennifer McCune, a member of team “Cyrenians Steppers” a team of walkers taking on the Edinburgh Kiltwalk’s Mighty Stride to raise vital funds for homelessness. At the beginning of 2019 I made myself a promise: I would stop saying and start doing. So far in life I…
CEO Blog: Woodmill High School, Dunfermline
Seeing my old school Woodmill High Dunfermline go up in flames earlier this week brought mixed emotions. My school days were not always the happiest of my life. I struggled with making good relationships and was the victim of bullying, the scars of which stay with me to this day. Yet I loved the sport…
Guest Blog: Do you mind if I ask a question?
This week’s blog comes from Mark Diver, a Homeless Navigator with our Outreach Team. When I first tell people what I do for a living I have become used to being asked one or more of these four questions: How many people are homeless in Edinburgh? How many people sleep rough in Edinburgh? Are…
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