Coming Up from the Streets: The Story of the "Big Issue": The Story of the "Big Issue"

by Anita Roddick (Foreword), Anita Roddick (Foreword), Tessa Swithinbank (Author)

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  2001

  $3.25

  The success story of The Big Issue is both inspirational and paradoxical; rather than a charity, it is a flourishing commercial enterprise, but one that genuinely benefits those involved. The magazine is sold by homeless and vulnerable people and, in return, they achieve financial independence and status, and self-reliance. The story of the paper's development has a practical angle; it should offer help and insights to NGOs and governments involved with the homeless, or those businesses wishing to set up enterprises for the common good.