Why become a Big Issue member?
With poverty now at its highest point in the 21st century, the UK is facing a poverty crisis – more than 16 million people are living in poverty and 3.8 million people are experiencing extreme poverty – struggling to eat, clothe and keep themselves warm.
Become a Big Issue member today and join a community of people fuelling our work to end poverty in the UK.
Becoming a Big Issue member enables us to deliver four critical services, key to ending the poverty crisis.
- Earning - we enable people living in poverty to earn an immediate income by selling the Big Issue
- Campaigning - we’re calling for a Poverty Zero law that requires every government to set targets to reduce poverty, which they would be legally accountable to
- Coaching - we help people facing barriers to employment into work
- Investing - we facilitate social impact lending into social-purpose businesses, creating core solutions at a local level to end poverty in the UK
Wear your support on your chest with a FREE Big Issue membership pin badge
Wearing a Big Issue membership badge shows you’re part of a community committed to creating real, lasting solutions to the poverty crisis.
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As a Big Issue member, you will receive:
- A digital welcome pack that introduces you to our work, impact and what it means to be a Big Issue member.
- An exclusive digital newsletter at least four times a year with updates on our progress and the positive change you are helping to create.
- A digital guide to taking action in your community, including emailing your MP to urge them to become an End Poverty Champion in our Poverty Zero campaign.
- Digital access to our exclusive 2025 Poverty Zero Summit, where you’ll learn more about how to influence change and hear from experts and community leaders.
Are you affected by severe poverty? We can help – first let’s get you signed up as a free member https://www.bigissue.com/member-free/
The Big Issue is a social business, any financial contributions raised go to supporting our programmes to improve the lives of the individuals we work with, through our Big Issue Changing Lives Community Interest Company (14786850) 113-115 Fonthill Road, London, England, N4 3HH.