#213: Eradicating Homelessness In The UK With Fundraising Cafés

Josh Littlejohn MBE is a social entrepreneur and the founder of Social Bite in the UK. Social Bite started as a small chain of sandwich shops that began offering jobs and free food to homeless people. To date, Social Bite has employed over 100 homeless people and hands over 140,000 meals each year to those in need. I was inspired by Josh’s story and invited him onto the show to understand the homelessness problem in the UK, the solutions available, why people become homeless, and how Josh and his team are slowly combatting it. Josh’s journey is an incredibly inspiring story that will leave you feeling motivated to give back and create a better world around you.   Discussion points 03:45 Joshua’s journey 08:01 Employing homeless people 10:30 What society gets wrong 18:20 The payoff of giving back 25:50 Pay it forward system 28:25 Celebrity visits 30:06 Joshua’s goals 33:45 Joshua’s impact 36:33 Solutions for combatting homelessness 41:20 Why society chooses to help foreigners, over locals 44:14 How to respond to homeless people 45:58 Joshua’s supporters 50:31 What make’s Joshua proud 52:09 Social Bite’s workplace culture 53:45 Upcoming plans for the Social Bite village   Show Sponsor:  Najahi Events: The UAE’s leading event promotor [https://www.instagram.com/najahievents/?hl=en]   Socials: Spencer Lodge https://www.instagram.com/spencer.lodge/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerlodge/ https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerLodgeTV   Josh Littlejohn MBE https://uk.linkedin.com/in/josh-littlejohn-mbe-85549518 www.social-bite.co.uk