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Formerly homeless Scots giving tourists unique perspective on city's communities
22.10.2022 - 13:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Formerly homeless tour guides are giving visitors a unique perspective on the city streets they once called home.
Invisible Cities is a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become tour guides of the places they often know better than anyone else. Edinburgh Live reports that the tours often see the guides sharing their own personal experiences as well as interesting cultural facts.
One Invisible Cities tour guide, Gayle, took 10 American tourists on a walk from Edinburgh's Waverley Station to Grassmarket where she spun the usual historical yarns -- while also pointing out places along the way where the city's homeless can turn for help.
"This is Carrubber's and I want to highlight the community work they do right here on the Royal Mile. They do great work for the homeless community," Gayle said to her attentive audience, pulling up outside the evangelical church on the Royal Mile. Likewise, she paused for some time outside St Columba's Free Church opposite Tolbooth Kirk.
"This is a place that does a lot to support homeless women," Gayle said. "About once every three months the Sparkle Sisters [at St Columba's] sets up haircuts, bra fittings and provides other necessities."
Gayle is the newest of three formerly homeless tour guides in Edinburgh. Invisible Cities, which was founded in 2016, aims not only to empower and train people experiencing homelessness but also to raise awareness about homelessness through its tours.
Craig Swan, administrative coordinator, says the enterprise wants to change perceptions and break down stigmas around homeless people. He said: "Everybody that we work with has a story and it's different for everybody.
"No two people are the same, and seeing that side of
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