Members of the public are being invited to join homeless people at public screenings in Edinburgh as part of a new film club.

The Skylight Edinburgh Film Club run by national homeless charity Crisis, is part of September's UK-wide Scalarama festival.

It aims to give homeless people, who often miss out on culture, a chance to engage with cinema, develop their confidence and boost their creativity.

Crisis is working in conjunction with Open Cinema, a nationwide network of film clubs programmed by and for excluded or marginalised people. The club will also encourage participants to analyse, discuss and produce films. The series will feature an exclusive screening of a film created by the Crisis Skylight Edinburgh film club, and will culminate with a screening of Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home, which sparked public outrage about homelessness and led to the founding of Crisis in 1967.

Ann Landels, Director of Crisis Skylight Edinburgh, said: "Homeless people often find themselves excluded, living on the margins of society. Cinema, culture and the arts can be particularly out of reach.

"Our cinema club provides a chance for members to build confidence and move on from the devastating experience of homelessness," she added.

All events are free.