Every Friday night, teams of students from the University of Edinburgh's Christian Union embark on different routes around the city, offering hot drinks and food donated by local bakeries to those in need. This is part of the Streetwork project, a joint endeavor with the Grassmarket mission that aims to meet the immediate needs of homeless people living on the streets of Scotland's capital.

Anna Tancock, the Social Action Secretary of the Christian Union, said: "Streetwork has enabled the CU to build up lasting relationships with the homeless people of Edinburgh, and they now expect us every Friday night."

As well as going out in teams, individual members of the society serve food at the kitchen of the Grassmarket Mission. Named ‘Grassroots,’ the kitchen offers six meals a week to the homeless free of charge, and is staffed completely by volunteers.

In a further effort to reach out to those sleeping rough, the Christian Union encourages its members to invest time in and talk to the homeless people that they walk past everyday, rather than just tossing a coin in their direction or passing by.