They buy copies for 4 50 and sell them for 9 keeping the difference. The big issue magazine is a fortnightly independent magazine that is sold on the streets by homeless marginalised and disadvantaged people. The big issue is one of the uk s leading social businesses and exists to offer homeless people or individuals at risk of homelessness the opportunity to earn a legitimate income thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society.
The big issue is a street newspaper founded by john bird and gordon roddick in september 1991 and published in four continents. All our beneficiaries are big issue vendors that buy magazines for 1 25 with their own money from official distribution points and sell them for 2 50 on a designated pitch. The big issue foundation is an independently registered charity working alongside the big issue magazine.
About the big issue foundation. The big issue is a weekly entertainment and current affairs magazine which allows its vendors often homeless or vulnerable people across the uk to make a living. Logos may be tied to previous magazine names and may not be representative of the current one.
The big issue logo archive this page contains logos used within our website since 2002 for the big issue or previous names. The big issue magazine launched in 1991 in response to the growing number of rough sleepers on the streets of london by offering people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income through selling a magazine to the public. Our mission is to dismantle poverty by creating opportunity through self help social trading and business solutions.
Universal credit punishes the poorest say peers as they call for reform. Big issue writer adrian lobb recalls the memorable day in 2016 that james bowen and bob visited the big issue office to celebrate the magazine s 25th anniversary.
