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To empower Big Issue vendors to achieve employment, training and other personal aspirations which require financial support.
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Beneficiaries
Situation
Big Issue vendors share the same employment and training aspirations as other members of society yet are not always able to achieve these in the face of financial and social exclusion. The types of disadvantages the Big Issue vendors we work with experience include homelessness (rough sleeping, temporary, supported and Local Authority accommodation – 60%), physical and mental health (21%) and substance misuse (20%).
Solution
The Vendor Support Fund is an enabler for Big Issue vendors to overcome poverty and financial exclusion. Every vendor that accesses the fund will be positively engaging with health, housing and other core services and – in collaboration with their Service Broker - have identified viable employment and training aspirations that they are ready to pursue. To demonstrate a tangible commitment, we encourage vendors to contribute 50% towards the total cost of their request.