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Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
Big Issue Invest

Applications open for Big Issue Invest's fourth Social Impact Investment Fund

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids
Iceland Food Club
Cost of Living

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids

Our Growth Impact Fund is bringing social justice through opportunity
Jack from Neuropool, Lord Bird founder of the Big Issue, Ruth from DWRM. Image Credit - Sophie Okonkwo.
John Bird

Our Growth Impact Fund is bringing social justice through opportunity

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

Lincolnshire-based NW Counselling Hub CIC secures £50,000 investment from Big Issue Invest
NW Counselling Hub
Press Release

Lincolnshire-based NW Counselling Hub CIC secures £50,000 investment from Big Issue Invest

'I wish I was a nepo baby': Inside a 16-week mission to turn creative nepotism on its head
Davina Ansah
Community

'I wish I was a nepo baby': Inside a 16-week mission to turn creative nepotism on its head

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women
Iceland Food Club
Food poverty

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women

These south London homes are designed by the community and will always be affordable
london housing
Housing

These south London homes are designed by the community and will always be affordable

Newcastle-based cultural not-for-profit receives £45K in funding from Big Issue Invest
Press Release

Newcastle-based cultural not-for-profit receives £45K in funding from Big Issue Invest

Big Issue bosses lament missed opportunities in Chancellor's Spring Statement
Spring budget

Big Issue bosses lament missed opportunities in Chancellor's Spring Statement

Entrepreneurial social enterprise that helps young people from underrepresented communities receives £127K from Big Issue Invest
Foundervine
Press Release

Entrepreneurial social enterprise that helps young people from underrepresented communities receives £127K from Big Issue Invest

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem
empty homes, hastings
Activism

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem

Social enterprise providing film training to young disadvantaged people receives £150K in funding from Big Issue Invest
Chocolate Films
Press Release

Social enterprise providing film training to young disadvantaged people receives £150K in funding from Big Issue Invest

New investors announced for social impact investment Fund that back people the mainstream does not reach
Foundervine
Press Release

New investors announced for social impact investment Fund that back people the mainstream does not reach

There's a letting agency actually trying to fix the housing crisis. Here’s how
Homes for Good, Glasgow housing
Housing

There's a letting agency actually trying to fix the housing crisis. Here’s how

Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis
Cafe Van Gogh
Small businesses

Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis

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Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?
black british history, hastings
History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?

Tributes paid to social investment pioneer and valued member of the Big Issue family James Fairweather
James Fairweather on a boat
In memory

Tributes paid to social investment pioneer and valued member of the Big Issue family James Fairweather

Big Issue Invest supports organisation empowering abandoned children around the world with £130K in funding
From Babies With Love Founder, Cecilia Crossley, with Erin Brockovich
Press Release

Big Issue Invest supports organisation empowering abandoned children around the world with £130K in funding

Big Issue Invest reports £37 million of investment into social enterprises and charities at time of crisis
Big Issue Invest Impact Report 2021-2022
Press Release

Big Issue Invest reports £37 million of investment into social enterprises and charities at time of crisis