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= Invisible Cities = Invisible Cities is a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city. Their system is currently set up in cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, York and Cardiff. They are looking to expand their tours into different cities throughout the United Kingdom, and are currently working on setting up in Liverpool.

Mission and Objectives
The organisation's mission centres on empowering individuals affected by homelessness by providing them with opportunities to share their unique stories and perspectives. Invisible Cities aims to challenge preconceptions and stereotypes surrounding homelessness by creating educational experiences.

Tour Guides
Through the development of guided walking tours led by individuals with lived experiences of homelessness, the organisation seeks to humanise the issue and foster empathy and understanding among the public.

They recruit and employ guides so that they can deliver their tours to visitors and residents alike. Their goal is to provide stability through regular work and financial resilience. They do this by providing an income, as well as offering one to one support sessions on budgeting and saving.

They also provide opportunities to those who can not become guides. Some of these opportunities include: Event Stewards, Project Coordinators, Mentor and Peer Support, Advocacy Support.

Posters
The organisation is actively engaging in social awareness about homelessness in the UK. They have produced posters that are designed to make "the invisible, visible." They are created with the intention of shedding light on the issue of homelessness, reducing the tendency to overlook individuals living on the streets as if they were unseen.

The issue of homelessness is being indicated by their posters as they're placed in spots which rough sleepers are likely to rest. The posters include slogans such as “if this were a homeless person, then most people wouldn’t even look down” and “a bad place for a poster, an even worse place for a bed”.

Impact
In the past, Invisible Cities collaborated with The Big Issue Invest, a crucial funder, contributing to the development of an Impact report, where a social value of £187,700 in 2020 was estimated using National TOMS values. In 2021, Invisible Cities employed 12 guides and took 2885 guests on tours.

Awards
Invisible Cities have won numerous social enterprise and tourism awards, such as, the accolade of “Best Tour” in Lonely Planet’s prestigious Best in Travel list for 2021, The Group Travel’s Editors Award in 2020, The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.

Owner
Originally from the south of France before, Zakia Moulaoui, the founder of Invisible Cities, moved to Scotland when she was 21 years old. Zakia Moulaoui’s idea for Invisible Cities originated as she was inspired whilst volunteering on the Greek islands amidst the refugee crisis. She encountered a local initiative where residents guided newcomers through the islands, this included an audio guided tour which allowed them to meet the narrator at the end. This experience left a profound impact. Zakia Moulaoui identified the possibilities of incorporating this idea into her existing initiatives with the Homeless World Cup Foundation, a yearly tournament that connects more than 70 football to create a week-long street football tournament engaging over 500 participants, all of whom have confronted experiences of homelessness or societal marginalisation. In 2016, she established Invisible Cities in Edinburgh. Subsequently, teams were formed in Manchester, Glasgow, York, and Cardiff. Plans are underway to replicate this model in various locations across the UK and establish connections with similar yet independently managed initiatives in European cities such as Berlin, Barcelona, Athens, Zagreb, and Vienna as part of the broader International Homelessness Tours Society.