Engage your Staff
Partnering with The Big Issue Group offers your stakeholders access to exciting volunteering, team-building and mentoring opportunities. Our team will help you to fundraise creatively and engage in inspiring opportunities, to show you the impact your support can bring.
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The Big Challenge Days
Vendor Days see your staff try their hand at selling the magazine alongside our vendors as part of a fully facilitated team building session.
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Early Stage Venturing
This innovative programme takes the corporate social responsibility tools of employee volunteering and grant funding to a whole new level.
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Employee Volunteering
Employee volunteering is a great team-building activity and a great way to get your staff to learn more about The Big Issue.
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Big Pitch – Vendor Placements
Supports vendors participating to progress towards their personal goals, access employment and training opportunities, and develop their sales skills by hosting a Big Pitch in your workplace. Social barriers are broken down as Big Issue vendors are welcomed inside, viewed as a valued member of a wider team and have an opportunity to develop their skill base. Partners including Network Rail, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Simmons & Simmons, Wellcome Trust and Mondelez have hosted Big Issue vendor.