The Big Issue
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"Big Issue" redirects here. For the South Korean television series, see Big Issue (TV series).
The Big Issue is a street newspaper founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991 and published in four continents. The Big Issue is one of the UK's leading social businesses and exists to offer homeless people, or individuals at risk of homelessness, the opportunity to earn a legitimate income, thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society. It is the world's most widely circulated street newspaper.[7][8]
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Editor-in-chief | Paul McNamee[1] |
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Categories | Entertainment and Current Affairs |
Frequency | weekly |
Circulation | 57,059 (as of 2022)[2] |
First issue | September 1991 |
Company | The Big Issue[3] |
Country | United Kingdom Australia Ireland Japan South Africa South Korea Namibia Kenya Taiwan[4] Malawi[5] |
Based in | London, United Kingdom[6] |
Language | English (UK Edition) |
Website | bigissue.com |
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