EICC doing fair share

Events scheduled to take place at The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) have been cancelled but staff have rallied to support a number of community initiatives.

In partnership with FareShare, the food redistribution specialist, and Heavy Sound, a Tranent-based social enterprise that uses music, arts, and sport to work with young people from a range of different backgrounds, food from the

EICC’s kitchens was distributed to vulnerable communities in and around Edinburgh.

Marshall Dallas, EICC CEO, said: “With a significant amount of food in our kitchens that we’re unable to use for events, the natural thing to do was to find ways of getting it to the people who need it most just now.

“The work being done by FareShare across the UK and Heavy Sound in Edinburgh and East Lothian is quite staggering, their teams are working tirelessly to get food to so many communities and it’s a real privilege to play a part in that.”