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Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations
Big Issue vendors back the Poverty Zero campaign.
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Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations

New Big Issue analysis shows Scotland 32-percentage points ahead of England and Wales in terms of its progress on child poverty
Big Issue hands the reins to young people from disadvantaged areas for landmark special issue
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Big Issue hands the reins to young people from disadvantaged areas for landmark special issue

Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest's £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership
Saints Foundation project staff deliver a boxing session on the Chances programme in Southampton
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Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest's £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership

“The Senedd has failed”: Welsh Labour criticised as Minister admits growing rift with UK Labour at Big Issue Big Debate
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“The Senedd has failed”: Welsh Labour criticised as Minister admits growing rift with UK Labour at Big Issue Big Debate

Big Issue YouGov GB poll finds more than two-thirds (68%) of Reform supporters want the government to do more to tackle poverty
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Big Issue YouGov GB poll finds more than two-thirds (68%) of Reform supporters want the government to do more to tackle poverty

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue partners with Bute Energy to help jobseekers facing employment barriers find work in Welsh renewables
The site in the Welsh valleys where Twyn Hywel energy park is set to begin construction early next year
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Big Issue partners with Bute Energy to help jobseekers facing employment barriers find work in Welsh renewables

Nearly half of Brits would struggle to pay for basic necessities in a month of losing income unexpectedly, new Big Issue YouGov poll reveals
Big Issue vendors Andre, Kelvin and George
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Nearly half of Brits would struggle to pay for basic necessities in a month of losing income unexpectedly, new Big Issue YouGov poll reveals

"Men start wars, women don’t.” Dorothea Barron, one of last surviving Wrens, speaks exclusively to Big Issue
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"Men start wars, women don’t.” Dorothea Barron, one of last surviving Wrens, speaks exclusively to Big Issue

Big Issue coming to Cardiff for next Big Community Roadshow
Former vendor Mark Richards sells the Big Issue on Queen's Street back in 2022, before his sad death in 2024. Image: Big Issue
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Big Issue coming to Cardiff for next Big Community Roadshow

10-year-old Ashton Whitaker from Hull wins competition to have drawing displayed on the cover of the Big Issue
Ashton Whitaker, winner of Big Issue's kids cover competition, holds his cover design.
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10-year-old Ashton Whitaker from Hull wins competition to have drawing displayed on the cover of the Big Issue

Big Grow Initiative set to transform Norwich communities through urban gardening
Parveen Bird and Lord John Bird pose for the camera.
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Big Grow Initiative set to transform Norwich communities through urban gardening

“Let’s get to work”: Big Issue announces star-studded line-up of new Ambassadors to showcase social impact
Big Issue ambassadors, vendors and founder Lord John Bird stand together on some steps near the South Bank in London.
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“Let’s get to work”: Big Issue announces star-studded line-up of new Ambassadors to showcase social impact

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
A teacher interacts with a student at Great Oaks College.
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Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

Ultra-prolific graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap, Alan Moore and other leading creatives for radical Big Issue takeover
Big Issue cover of 10Foot special on a yellow background
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Ultra-prolific graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap, Alan Moore and other leading creatives for radical Big Issue takeover

Big Issue calls on kids to get creative with Earth Day cover competition judged by Chris Packham
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Big Issue calls on kids to get creative with Earth Day cover competition judged by Chris Packham

Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: "She's in our corner"
MP Kirsty Blackman and Big Issue vendor Pamela smile during a meeting in Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: "She's in our corner"

Big Issue appoints Jamie MacLeod as its first Director General
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Big Issue appoints Jamie MacLeod as its first Director General

Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: 'Take my concerns to Westminster'
MP Ellie Chowns and Big Issue support worker Mo Afzal smile at the camera, in a cafe in Ledbury, England.
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Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: 'Take my concerns to Westminster'

Big Issue’s recruitment service for people facing barriers to work reports 13% growth in 2024-25
L-R: Big Issue job coach Shak Dean, Recruit candidate Kane, and Head of BIR operations Stuart Greenway stand in front of a wall in Finsbury Park, London, near Big Issue's head office.
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Big Issue’s recruitment service for people facing barriers to work reports 13% growth in 2024-25

Actor Rose Williams joins Big Issue as new Ambassador
Rose Williams with Francklin Evagle. Credit Big Issue.
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Actor Rose Williams joins Big Issue as new Ambassador

Big Issue names its Top 100 Changemakers doing good for society in 2025
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Big Issue names its Top 100 Changemakers doing good for society in 2025

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”
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Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”

Big Issue vendors set to earn close to half a million additional earnings by 2027 via giffgaff partnership
Hammersmith Big Issue vendor Dave Martin uses his giffgaff phone to take a contactless payment. Credit Andy Parsons
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Big Issue vendors set to earn close to half a million additional earnings by 2027 via giffgaff partnership

Big Issue’s social investment arm reaching 1.8 million Brits through investees
The Power Up London 2024 Cohort of Big Issue Investees.
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Big Issue’s social investment arm reaching 1.8 million Brits through investees

New research shows over half of Brits feel more at risk of homelessness than last year
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New research shows over half of Brits feel more at risk of homelessness than last year

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