Advertisement
Activism

Vote in the Social Enterprise UK 2017 Awards

The Big Issue is a media partner for this year’s Social Enterprise UK Awards – and our readers get to decide who wins one of the categories. So get voting!

Every week The Big Issue celebrates the joy and genius of social enterprises across the globe. Now you can too, by voting in the Social Enterprise UK 2017 Awards. We are partners for the Consumer Facing Social Enterprise category, and it’s up to our readers to decide which will take the trophy at the glittering awards ceremony on November 23.

The shortlist is: Alnwick Garden, Belu water, Cafe Direct coffee, Change Please coffee carts, Divine Chocolate, From Babies with Love clothing, Stand 4 Socks, Soap Co. toiletries, and Toast Ale.

We will be reporting on all these incredible social enterprises’ stories in the coming months, and stay tuned to find out how you can vote for them.

We are also delighted to announce that Big Issue Invest has been nominated in the Social Investment Deal of the Year category, for its work with Scottish social care providers Cornerstone. Read more at www.socialenterprise.org.uk – and vote early, vote often!

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Buy a Big Issue Vendor Support Kit

This Christmas, give a Big Issue vendor the tools to keep themselves warm, dry, fed, earning and progressing.

Recommended for you

Read All
A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
Activism

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'

'We are all connected': A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais
Immigration

'We are all connected': A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
big issue
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
My Big Year

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'

Most Popular

Read All
Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits
Renters: A mortgage lender's window advertising buy-to-let products
1.

Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
2.

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over
next dwp cost of living payment 2023
3.

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue
4.

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue