Social Bite Village Community Volunteer

We are currently looking for someone to start in May 2025

Location: Social Bite village, 23 W Shore Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1QJ. See on map here.

You will live in shared accommodation with your own bedroom at the village community. You will not pay for accommodation or food during your stay. We will also provide a weekly allowance for food.

Hours: 30 hours per week for 6 months. The stay may be extended with agreement with staff. Rota is agreed with other volunteers in agreement with staff.

Visa requirements: If you are applying from outside the UK (and are not a British citizen or resident in the UK), we can support you in finding more information regarding the visa.

What is our Social Bite Village?

The Social Bite Village is the vision of Josh Littlejohn. It provides a home for up to 20 people affected by homelessness at a time. We help provide residents with one-to-one support to achieve individual goals.

Together with volunteers, we create a safe and nurturing environment that fosters personal growth, development, and empowerment for vulnerable people

What will you do as a volunteer?

You will be a peer mentor to the community residents who lives within our Social Bite Village community. You will be a central part of a compassionate and dedicated team. Residents manage the day-to-day domestic tasks and decisions within the building.

You will build trusting relationships, offer emotional support, and assist with daily activities. Volunteer tasks can vary and may include:

• helping a resident to cook a meal for the whole community
• organising activities with residents
• supporting with domestic tasks and decisions within the building
• help to create a fun, secure and stimulating space of living
• supporting residents to keep to new commitments such as volunteering, learning, and training
• being a point of contact when there is a problem or difficult situation
• offering guidance to residents.

You can find more details about this volunteering opportunity in the decription below.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to the team on: communitiesplacement@cyrenians.scot.