The Breakfast Bothy is a Carlowrie Group charity focussed on supporting people who are experiencing homelessness in Edinburgh.
Conceived during lockdown of 2020 by the team at Carlowrie Castle Ltd – an events venue near Edinburgh – the object was always to start simply: provide a hot meal and drink to those who are unable to provide for themselves.
We have since become a safe and welcoming hub where people in need of a service can be assured of a friendly ear and reliable help from a network of individuals and businesses. Several of our regular guests have now become partners in other projects or employed by the charity.
Our model is to grow organically, and already we established that there were several areas that proved challenging for our guests, from simple fixes such as providing hand crank phone chargers with built in torches to medical or legal advice – for which we have made inroads to partners. Basic services such as laundry and showering, bicycle repair, haircuts and pet services have all began in the area through a token system, where we have agreed with local businesses to provide a service in exchange for a bothy token, which the business can then redeem for the value of the service.
In 2024, we opened our charity shop The Bothy Boutique, just a short walk from The Breakfast Bothy, on Marchmont Road. The shop helps cover the operational costs for the charity and offers affordable second hand items to anyone in the community. We pride ourselves on being the coolest, most welcoming and affordable second hand shop in Edinburgh.
Our overall mission is to ease the burden on people in our community who are living with the realities of homelessness in Edinburgh and empower them to lead happy and healthy lives - whatever that looks like for them.
The Breakfast Bothy achieved charity status in August of 2022
Registered Charity Number SC051923
Proudly part of Carlowrie Group: https://carlowriegroup.com/
Company Details
- Employees
- 4
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Police Kiosk, Melville Drive,united Kingdom
- Industry
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Website
- https://thebreakfastbothy.com/
- HQ
- Edinburgh, Scotland
The Breakfast Bothy Scio Questions
The Breakfast Bothy Scio's website is https://thebreakfastbothy.com/
The Breakfast Bothy Scio's LinkedIn profile is https://uk.linkedin.com/company/the-breakfast-bothy-scio
The Breakfast Bothy Scio has
4 employees.
View email and phone details for 4
employees at The Breakfast Bothy Scio.
The Breakfast Bothy Scio's industry is
Non-profit Organizations
The Breakfast Bothy Scio's top competitors are
Granville Community Kitchen,
Peterborough Soup Kitchen,
Homeless Connect,
Brixton Soup Kitchen,
The Ootsider (Cic),
St Petrock's,
Help The Homeless Leicester,
Homeless Run,
Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen,
Homeless Project Scotland.
The Breakfast Bothy Scio's categories are Non-profit Organizations
The Breakfast Bothy Scio's founding year is 2020
