Everyone at Invisible Cities is really excited to say that the next city to welcome Invisible Cities Tours is Cardiff, Wales!Through an amazing partnership with homelessness charity The Wallich, we are glad to see things moving forward for our first Invisible (Cardiff) walking tours taking place sometime in February 2020. Closer to the time, we will announce […]
The whole team at Invisible Cities is in celebration mode! Over the last few weeks, awards nominations and wins have been coming in from all over the country! In Manchester, Invisible (Manchester) won the The Spirit of Manchester Awards in the Inspiring Campaign Category in early October. The Awards celebrate and highlight all the excellent work being […]
To celebrate all the fantastic volunteers who have supported Invisible Cities we wanted to share some of their stories. We asked three previous volunteers to tell us about their experiences and what they gained from being part of the team. Alice – Student who volunteered to help write Danny’s book ‘Off the Cobbles’ in Manchester […]
The reason why Invisible Cities was set up in 2016 is to support people who have experienced homelessness so they can have a voice, and become who they want to be. We asked Angie, who launched her tour “Edinburgh- The Festival City” in 2017 and has since then been very busy getting involved in tons […]
Written by Laura Ashcroft When I started with Invisible (Manchester), which is part of the Invisible Cities group that was founded up in Scotland. I found myself ran down and lost. With lack of confidence, the team from Invisible (Manchester) supported me to become who I am now. With no rush in doing things the […]
Everyone at Invisible Cities is thrilled to announce we have won the regional awards for Social Enterprise at the Barclays Entrepreneur Awards 2019. This means we are now automatically shortlisted for the national finals in theSocial category. They will take place on Thursday 10th October, where inspirational entrepreneurs who have made a difference to their industry […]
The whole team at Invisible (Edinburgh) is recovering from a very busy week after delivering walking tours to nearly 100 delegates of the TedSummit 2019 Conference- that took place from July 21st to 25th in the Scottish Capital. For those of you who don’t know, TED is a global community of people interested in how […]
Danny Collins, our very own Invisible (Manchester) guide, wrote his first poem over four years ago. Now, his collection of poetry has been published in his first book called ‘Off the Cobbles’. The book is a deeply-moving firsthand account of homelessness in modern Britain. Danny’s poems of love, loss and acceptance reconnect us with what […]
Invisible (Manchester) is delighted to announce the launch of their new tour guide, Laura. The social enterprise has been running tours in Manchester since October 2018 when they launched their first tour guide, Danny. As part of the wider Invisible Cities network, their purpose is to train people who have experienced homelessness to become walking tour […]
A new digital audio tour, downloadable from the Geotourist app to visitors’ smartphones, will help them discover how to spend their money positively in Edinburgh whilst exploring the city. The tour – a digital first – introduces visitors to some of the city’s social enterprises as they take in the iconic sights and tell some of Edinburgh’s […]