On 5th November 2024, the Growth Impact Fund (GIF), a social impact investment fund developed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd has made an investment of £250,000 in The Black Farmer – a farm shop opened in Brixton Village by celebrated entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE last year. With only 1% of UK farmers from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, Emmanuel-Jones founded The Black Farmer to challenge this exclusion and showcase that Black entrepreneurs can succeed in traditionally exclusive markets. He believes that black entrepreneurs can also belong in markets…
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Big Issue launches ‘12 Days of Homelessness’ Christmas advert to highlight leading causes of homelessness in the UK
The Big Issue, the UK’s leading anti-poverty social enterprise, has released The 12 Days of Homelessness, a Christmas advert, created to raise awareness around the most pressing causes of homelessness in the UK. The campaign, developed by creative comms agency Work & Class, with support from production company Feed Films, underscores the urgent housing insecurities facing both the public and Big Issue’s vendors. The 12 Days of Homelessness film reimagines the classic 12 Days of Christmas tune to highlight the diverse causes of homelessness, such as loss of income, rising…
Read MoreBig Issue launches new membership scheme to ask Brits to hit cancel on poverty and unite in midst of poverty crisis
Big Issue Group has launched its first ever membership scheme to unite supporters of the social enterprise in the fight against the UK poverty crisis. The social enterprise has identified a desire from the UK public to use collective action to change things for people in poverty, with a new YouGov poll1 showing over two thirds (69%) of people believe issues are more effectively resolved when people and organisations work together on a local scale. The campaign kicks off with significant outdoor advertising, starting with Elonex’s The Manchester Screen at Victoria…
Read MoreEmilia Clarke’s charity SameYou partners with Big Issue to help brain injury survivors return to work
The Big Issue Group has launched an exciting new partnership with brain injury charity SameYou, helping brain injury survivors return to work with the support of Big Issue Recruit Job Coaches. In a survey, conducted by Big Issue Group and SameYou, of more than 300 brain injury survivors and carers, a third of respondents felt they did not feel ready to return to their jobs post their brain injuries. And of these 53% of survivors said they had to return for financial reasons. 46% of survivors have needed to claim…
Read MoreNumber of people helped by Big Issue increases by 8% in past year
New figures out recently show how Big Issue Group (BIG) has tackled the cost-of-living crisis head on by supporting thousands of people affected by poverty to earn and find employment in the last year. Almost 4,000 people were given the opportunity to change their lives through enterprise in the previous 12 months across the Group’s services, including by selling the magazine or being helped into work through Big Issue Recruit (BIR). The figures, released as the organisation celebrates Big Issue’s National Vendor Week, show that the number of people effected…
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