Big Issue - How to Make People Think Bigger

Charity campaign for the Big Issue, which provides employment and visibility for the homeless. Circulation was declining, especially in the main group of buyers, the 25-34 age group.
Agency: TBWA/LondonAuthor: Jonathan Bottomley

Big Issue Foundation – How to Make People Think Bigger

BACKGROUND

When the Big Issue magazine was launched almost twelve years ago, it was the most innovative response to homelessness this country had ever seen.

As a social business, it was unique, because it provided homeless people with the means to take control of their lives. It was a hand up, not a hand out. It provided a key revenue stream for the Big Issue Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness and is committed to creating...

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