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

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

The leading social investor reports significant growth in funds invested in 2024/25 as it celebrates 20 years since launch

New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award
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New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award

Vendors taking part in the fumopay pilot have been able to accept payments from customers via a QR code

Inside the Big Issue: Cillian Murphy fights the system
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Cillian Murphy fights the system

Cillian Murphy – star of Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer – tells us what he thinks about society, politics and filmmaking

Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
Behind the scenes

Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car

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

Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises
Digital inclusion

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises

Inside the Big Issue: Who do you trust?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Who do you trust?

Inside the Big Issue: Harris Dickinson is a street-level superstar
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Harris Dickinson is a street-level superstar

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises
Digital inclusion

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises

Inside the Big Issue: Who do you trust?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Who do you trust?

Inside the Big Issue: Harris Dickinson is a street-level superstar
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Harris Dickinson is a street-level superstar

Inside the Big Issue: Opake’s outsider takeover
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Opake’s outsider takeover

Inside the Big Issue: Spinal Tap vs HUNTR/X
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Spinal Tap vs HUNTR/X

Inside the Big Issue: Hacker T Dog and the chaotic rebirth of kids’ TV
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Hacker T Dog and the chaotic rebirth of kids’ TV

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

Big Issue Invest names Holger Westphely as new Managing Director

Inside the Big Issue: Superstar DJ James Hype
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Superstar DJ James Hype

Inside the Big Issue: Think pig
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Think pig

Inside the Big Issue: Can we find this man a proper place to live?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Can we find this man a proper place to live?

How I secured funding to grow my social enterprise
Big Issue Invest

How I secured funding to grow my social enterprise

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on

Inside the Big Issue: Superheroes vs the culture wars
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Superheroes vs the culture wars

PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
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PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment

Inside the Big Issue: The shape of protest in 2025
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The shape of protest in 2025

Michelle de Swarte’s comedy fundraiser for Big Issue proves a side-splitting success
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Michelle de Swarte’s comedy fundraiser for Big Issue proves a side-splitting success

Inside the Big Issue: Summer days out special
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Summer days out special

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition
Inside the Big Issue

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition

These pioneers are plugging the gaps in youth support – with help from Big Issue Invest
Big Issue Invest

These pioneers are plugging the gaps in youth support – with help from Big Issue Invest

Inside the Big Issue: Youth Team Takeover!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Youth Team Takeover!

Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest’s £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership
Big Issue Invest

Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest’s £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership