An experimental app to tackle social issues including homelessness and the environment has been rolled out in Edinburgh for the festival season.
Deedit encourages users to carry out small acts of kindness such as buying a sandwich for a stranger or collecting litter off the street. People can use their phones to track how their good deeds contribute to wider social change.
The app is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and Tesco Bank. Organisers are recording all the deeds carried out to measure the difference ‘kind-hearted’ people are making in the capital.
We Deedit – collaboration between @EdinburghUni and Tesco Bank aims to tackle social issues. Find out more: https://t.co/cdpmUTQjmy pic.twitter.com/YGnIkCipE6
— Tesco Bank (@TescoBankNews) August 2, 2018
Users who take part can post pictures once the deeds are completed to share what they have been doing and encourage others to participate.
The app is being trialled in the Scottish capital during August for the busy festival season to get the widest possible reach. It may be rolled out more widely afterwards.