The Crib

Community Reach & Inclusion Bus

• 40-foot single decker bus (2.5m wide)
• Converted by residents of HMP Edinburgh.  
• Supported by the VRU, SPS, and the STV Children’s Appeal.
• Reaches and engages some of our most marginalised groups.  
• Creative learning space. 
• Music studio 
• Sports resources 
• Office space
• Kitchen space
• Hairdressing unit.

Why a Bus? 

• Alternative approaches to engagement are needed. 
• Get more people in multiple deprived communities to engage with essential services. 
• Facilities to support activities.
• Providing advice on areas such as housing and homelessness, money and debt, employment and health.  
• Visible located in the heart of communities 
• Multi-disciplinary team engage and build relationships with the local community
• A wide variety of participatory groups benefit from the bus, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic factors.