Josh Littlejohn

Josh Littlejohn is one of the UK’s leading social entrepreneurs. Josh is the co-founder of Scottish social enterprise Social Bite, a national chain of sandwich and coffee shops, which shot to global fame when Hollywood A-lister George Clooney visited an outlet in 2015. Another Oscar winner Leonardo Di Caprio then visited the social enterprise in 2016. He is also now a Sunday Times Bestselling author of "Paying It Forward", which is a guide to being a social entrepreneur. 

Social Bite competes in high street takeaway food, as well as the high-end restaurant market, but does so for a social purpose. 100% of Social Bite’s profits are donated to good causes and 1 in 4 of their staff are people from homeless backgrounds. Social Bite also feeds the homeless with food that their customers pre-pay for. The organisation is by far the largest distributor of free fresh food and hot drinks to the homeless in the UK – giving away over 100,000 items each year.

In 2016, Josh co-founded a Social Enterprise beer company called Brewgooder, where 100% of the profits go towards providing clean water. The brewery plans to provide clean drinking water for 1 million people in five years. Josh is an originator of social businesses, which not only tackle pressing issues but also radically challenge how we think about doing business.

In 2017, Josh was appointed MBE in the New Years Honours list, which he dedicated to the homeless and marginalised. He has received 2 honorary doctorates, and he also made the Debrett’s list of 500 most influential people in the UK in 2017. Josh is also the founder of The Scottish Business Awards and as well as Clooney and Dicaprio, he has also enlisted the help of world leaders such as President Bill Clinton and Sir Richard Branson to support his social endeavours.

Josh has raised more than £25M to help eradicate homelessness in Scotland to date and is responsible for organising the world's biggest sleep-out event - Sleep In The Park. Sir Bob Geldof, John Cleese and Liam Gallagher were just a few of the star names involved, with major media outlets covering the success of the event and Josh himself. Recipient of the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award, Josh Littlejohn is now available to hire for a wide range of events as a keynote speaker. Hire him today!