Big Issue Invest Impact Report 2018

Big Issue Invest launched its Social Impact Report 2018, revealing that £10.7 million were invested across 81 investments into 68 mission-led organisations from 2017-18. Big Issue Invest (BII) has a total current investment portfolio of £26.4 million into 198 investments into 150 organisations. The report detailed that of the total investment portfolio, £5.5 million is currently invested in 63 organisations in the 20% of the UK’s most deprived areas, where capital can have the greatest social and economic benefits, including the North East and North West. It was also reported that of Big Issue Invest's  total investment portfolio, there was an investment of more than £2 million and the dedication of more than £10 million in outcomes-based investments that reward providers and investors for outcomes achieved.