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Big Issue Invest appoints ex-CEO of Standard Bank as new Chair
New Chair of Big Issue Invest Jenny Knott pictured.
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Big Issue Invest appoints ex-CEO of Standard Bank as new Chair

Jenny Knott’s appointment comes on the back of a strong year of growth for the UK social investor
Press Centre: Big Issue founder doubles down on efforts to add child poverty targets to Children’s Wellbeing Bill
Lord John Bird reads his Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill in the House of Lords.
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Press Centre: Big Issue founder doubles down on efforts to add child poverty targets to Children’s Wellbeing Bill

Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury reunite to create exclusive festive tale for the Big Issue
Helen Oxenbury's new, exclusive illustration for Pax: A Festive Tale.
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Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury reunite to create exclusive festive tale for the Big Issue

Big Issue partners with Animal Friends Insurance to equip vendors’ dogs with their own iconic red tabard
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Big Issue partners with Animal Friends Insurance to equip vendors’ dogs with their own iconic red tabard

Real vendors’ real stories in real time: Big Issue launches groundbreaking new “one take” Christmas ad
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Real vendors’ real stories in real time: Big Issue launches groundbreaking new “one take” Christmas ad

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Silent streets: New report finds over half of Big Issue vendors’ greetings now go ignored
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Silent streets: New report finds over half of Big Issue vendors’ greetings now go ignored

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas
Prints featured in Big Issue and Jealous' Deck the Walls run of prints. Credit: Big Issue
Deck the Walls

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas

Over 65 charities, campaigners, celebrities and politicians urge UK government set targets against child poverty strategy
A woman in a Big Issue coat and beanie holds up a sign reading
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Over 65 charities, campaigners, celebrities and politicians urge UK government set targets against child poverty strategy

Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty
set child poverty targets
Child poverty

Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent
Big Issue vendor Preda Illie
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Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent

Owner of Pontefract property offers chance for four people to win a night’s stay in ‘Yorkshire’s most haunted house’
Inside the living room of 30 East Drive, where a poltergeist is believed to live. Image: 30 East Drive
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Owner of Pontefract property offers chance for four people to win a night’s stay in ‘Yorkshire’s most haunted house’

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol
A Big Issue vendor tabard is featured as one of several graffiti art pieces brought together on a city wall.
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Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations
Big Issue Invest MD Holger Westphely.
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Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations

New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award
Big Issue vendor with the fumopay QR code
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New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award

Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD
Big Issue Impact new MD Sasha Afanasieva.
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Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD

UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll
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UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll

Prolific artists Opake and Slawn unite for Big Issue takeover
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Prolific artists Opake and Slawn unite for Big Issue takeover

“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn with a copy of the magazine.
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“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass

Big Issue Invest names Holger Westphely as new Managing Director
New Big Issue Invest MD Holger Westphely
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Big Issue Invest names Holger Westphely as new Managing Director

“When I met Prince William, it pulled me out of wallow”: Cambridge Big Issue vendor reflects on royal hand-up through homelessness project
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“When I met Prince William, it pulled me out of wallow”: Cambridge Big Issue vendor reflects on royal hand-up through homelessness project

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
“The Senedd has failed”: Welsh Labour criticised as Minister admits growing rift with UK Labour at Big Issue Big Debate
John Bird, Rocio Cifuentes, Derek Walker, Will Hayward, Dylan Jones-Evans and Julie James at the 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
Lord John Bird, photographed for the Big Issue in 2024.
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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

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