Research: The Big Issue

Our mission is to dismantle poverty by creating

opportunity, through self-help, social trading and business
solutions.

-Vendors buy The Big Issue magazine for £1.50 and sell for £3.

-the magazine has helped over 92,000 vendors earn £115

million. There are currently around 1500 vendors, and last
year alone we helped them to earn a total of £5.5 million.

-Currently the magazine is read by over 400,000 people across the UK and
circulates 83,073 copies every week.

-The big issue invest was founded in 2005, the big issue invest is an extension of the
company that assists with small to large loans.

-the Big Issue Foundation is a charity, which works with the Big Issue vendors,
connecting them to support they need to rebuild their lives and determine their own
pathways to a better future.

-The big issue encourages people to volunteer for their programme, it can give young
people something different to add to their CV to help with work, to gain work
experience and new skills, opportunities to gather team work and meet people and
lastly to contribute to the work of the big issue company.

-To train for the volunteering programme the training will be completed by learning the
work you will be participating in through organised sections in your own time.

-one of the most recognised and trusted brands in the UK

-“Each seller is a micro-entrepreneur who is working, not begging”

-Big Issue Invest is also helping to pave the way for 2.7 million social housing inhabitants

to potentially improve their credit.