YOUNG people from schools across Scotland will be selling a special edition of The Big Issue from today under a scheme to help them raise awareness of social issues.
The magazine will be on sale in Scotland in a partnership between The Big Issue and the Social Enterprise Academy (SEA).
A social enterprise-inspired supplement will run in all copies of the Scottish edition, with additional copies being sold by young people in 18 schools across Scotland today.
The SEA, founded in 2004, runs as a schools programme that gives pupils hands-on experience in running a business with a social purpose.
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Paul McNamee, editor of The Big Issue, said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with the Social Enterprise Academy for a second year to show how SEA’s presence has grown in England and much farther afield, highlighting projects in London, Australia and Malawi.
“Last year, the school pupils who were involved with the projects showed us how their bright and bold ideas could be turned into innovative and profitable small social enterprises that really made a big difference in their local communities. Pupils will again be hosting sell-offs of the special edition of the magazine through their schools, making money for their projects and spreading the word about the important work of the Big Issue.”
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