What is the big issue?
The Big Issue is a newspaper sold on the streets which was founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991 and was published in 4 continents. The Big Issue has become one of the UK's leading social businesses and was made to help the homeless or people at risk of homelessness make a legitimate income by selling them on the street to passers-by. This helps these people reintegrate into mainstream society and it the most widely circulated street newspaper.
What does the big issue do?
In order to help these people, known as vendors, The Big Issue allows them to buy a copy of the newspaper and sell it on for a higher price making about £1 per copy they sell.
Not only do they help people to afford houses and stay off the street, but they also help them taking control of their lives and solving issues that could lead them into being homeless.
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