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=__The Big Issue__ = ===The Big Issue is an organisation that most people will know, if not by name by symbol, a person selling magazines. The magazine is quite famous due to how the magazine is sold, by the homeless, mentally unstable or people having trouble in their lives. The Big Issue vendors are all with there fair share of problems, in fact most of them are homeless.The Big Issue does not just hire them because they are cheap labor but because 100% of the profit goes to them and hopefully their problems.The Big Issue also focuses a lot on the homeless as it is their main issue that they are trying to help. Every month the magazine is released and includes articles on local issues and also vendor profiles. Vendor profiles explain some of the problems that vendors have been through and how they ended up at The Big issue, this is important because its raising awareness of the serious problems that the vendors and Melbourne's homeless a going through. ===

===The system that The Big issue goes by is just a normal profit system.The Big issue vendors buy magazines for $2.50 and sell for $5. It is along the lines of STREAT because they are earning their own money.The program also builds their self esteem and makes them feel needed. The Big Issue doesn't just sell magazines they also organise programs that help the homeless's various issues. An example of this is a program called street soccer which gives the homeless a chance to come together and play a game of soccer, this is all free of course.The Big Issue does a lot more then just create a magazine they also supply a lot of the homeless study results to keep us up to date. Unfortunately, we could not make any contact with the Big Issue even though we would of loved to interview The Big Issue we couldn't due to their busy schedule. ===

===The Big Issue does more then originally meets the eye to help the homeless.The Big issue will continue to be strong for many years to come and continue to be the single strongest homeless aid organisation in Melbourne. ===

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