SOCIAL investor Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has invested £5 million into the Simon Community Scotland to help it expand its work supporting homeless people. The Simon Community Scotland, a charity that helps people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Central Scotland, received the £5m of social investment from SASC from its Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH) to purchase homes to help vulnerable people move away from homelessness. Among its roles, the charity supports people in Edinburgh through its Streetwork service, which delivers a range of help and support including responding to people in crisis via a 24-hour helpline, providing services at its Holyrood Hub and delivering outreach on the Scottish capital s streets.