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Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work
Employment

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work

In the Harry Specters factory, the production lines are busy in the run-up to Christmas. It’s also helping autistic people bed into the working world

‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer
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‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer

With an 81-year-old Santa, hundreds of hand-wrapped presents and a few inappropriate jokes, a group in Derbyshire is bringing Christmas to the children

How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises
Advertorial

How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises

Lenovo and Big Issue Invest are working together to deliver refurbished laptops and digital support to UK social enterprises, helping organisations grow, connect and better serve their communities.

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back
Big Issue Invest

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back

I ran off to join the circus – here’s what happened
Big Issue invest

I ran off to join the circus – here’s what happened

Happy birthday, Big Issue Invest: 20 people look back on 20 years of social investment
Big Issue Invest

Happy birthday, Big Issue Invest: 20 people look back on 20 years of social investment

Celebrating 20 years of Big Issue Invest: Proving what was once only imagined
Nigel Kershaw

Celebrating 20 years of Big Issue Invest: Proving what was once only imagined

I ran off to join the circus – here’s what happened
Big Issue invest

I ran off to join the circus – here’s what happened

Happy birthday, Big Issue Invest: 20 people look back on 20 years of social investment
Big Issue Invest

Happy birthday, Big Issue Invest: 20 people look back on 20 years of social investment

Celebrating 20 years of Big Issue Invest: Proving what was once only imagined
Nigel Kershaw

Celebrating 20 years of Big Issue Invest: Proving what was once only imagined

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more
Big Issue Invest

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more

Inside the Big Issue: Thatcher at 100
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Thatcher at 100

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

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

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award
Housing

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’
Community

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’

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

How I secured funding to grow my social enterprise

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump
Paul McNamee

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump

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

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

Nearly half of Brits would struggle to pay for basic necessities in a month of losing income unexpectedly, new Big Issue YouGov poll reveals
Big Issue Invest

Nearly half of Brits would struggle to pay for basic necessities in a month of losing income unexpectedly, new Big Issue YouGov poll reveals

What is social impact financing – and should your organisation consider it? 
Big Issue Invest

What is social impact financing – and should your organisation consider it? 

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

Breaking the cycle: Why health equality is key to ending poverty 
Big Issue Invest

Breaking the cycle: Why health equality is key to ending poverty 

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness

Why mission-driven businesses should consider a property-backed loan from Big Issue Invest
Big Issue Invest

Why mission-driven businesses should consider a property-backed loan from Big Issue Invest