Homeless charity unveils sweet treat

HOMELESS charity Social Bite has launched a new sweet treat home delivery service.

The service will allow customers to buy ‘ Boxes of Joy’ – treat boxes filled with brownies made in their Livingston kitchen, with 100% of the proceeds going towards the charity.

Social Bite was created in 2012 and works towards ending homelessness in Scotland.

Josh Littlejohn MBE, co- founder of Social Bite, said: “It is a pleasure to be announcing some good news today as we officially launch our new brownie delivery service.

“Like many hospitality businesses, the Covid- 19 pandemic put the future of our organisation into great uncertainty.

“Our biggest concern is for the homeless and vulnerable people that we support on a daily basis who are the worst affected.”

Social Bite currently has five premises across Scotland in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen and has seen support from Hollywood A- listers George

Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The charity is hoping that the brownie boxes will be a hit with customers after its cafes, including one on St Vincent’s Street, were forced to shut during lockdown.

However, the charity continued to hand out emergency food packs to those in need.

Josh said: “Our teams have worked so hard to produce and deliver food and supplies to those in need, processing 6000 emergency packs a day at the peak of the crisis.

“Now they will be adding the production of 200 boxes of brownies a week to their remit to bring a smile to people’s faces in what continues to be a challenging time for all.

“By purchasing these brownies, you will be helping us to grow our offering, create more jobs within our enterprise and continue to support our charitable work.”

The sweet treat brownie boxes, priced at £ 12, can be ordered through the charity’s website social- bite. co. uk, with vegan and gluten free options available.