Early Life Bird was born in a Notting Hill slum to a poor Irish family in London. He became homeless at the age of five and found himself...

Poll tax The Poll tax was Margaret Thatcher’s way of replacing domestic rates in Scotland, Wales & England. It provided funds to local...

The Poll tax riots begun on the 31st March 1990 located mainly within Trafalgar Square, London with the intention of abolishing the poll...

The Big issue helps vulnerable people work their way out of poverty by giving them the opportunity to make money. how to become a vendor:...

What is a Social Enterprise A social enterprise is an independent business, autonomous of state/government control and is set up to...

What were Poll Tax riots? The poll tax riots were a series of riots that took place in British towns during protests against the...

John Bird is the founder of The Big Issue; the idea came from his experiences being homeless. He was born into a poor London Irish family...

Social enterprises are businesses whose primary purpose is addressing a social or environmental challenge rather than creating profit for...

March 1990 had seen the Poll Tax Riots, a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge which...

John Anthony Bird, Baron Bird, MBE (born 30 January 1946) is a British Social entrepreneur who co-founded the Big Issue magazine. its a...

Social enterprise Social enterprises are businesses that put the interests of people and planet ahead of shareholder gain. These...

To become a vendor, you have to visit one of the Big Issue offices to speak to a member of their team. You need to undergo a induction...

The Poll Tax: Tax issued as a fixed sum on every liable person without reference to income or resources. They were seen as an unfair way...

As a vendor of The Big Issue, there are a set of stipulations that they must follow when trying to sell their copies of the magazine....

Social enterprises are businesses that are changing the world for the better as they believe in a fairer and more equal society. The Big...

To start with Big Issue vendors are given five free magazines to sell after they email or ring the company itself. The Big issue requires...

Early life: John Bird who is of Irish decent was born in Notting Hill, London during the post war period where he himself states he was a...

The poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge, introduced by the...

The poll tax or The Community Charge was a fixed rate of tax placed upon each legal adult in the UK determined by there local authority...

Social enterprises change the world, so when The Big Issue was created in 1991 by John Bird he wanted to change the way we see magazines....