Big Issue Invest Trust

To promote charitable purposes by the provision of grants financial loans and other assistance in any of the following ways:- a. the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for persons who by reason of their youth age infirmity or disablement poverty or social and economic circumstances have need of such facilities or for members or the female members of the public at large; b. the relief of poverty age and disability by the provision of housing for rental to those in need; c. the advancement of education by the provision of charitable schools places of learning and educational facilities;. d. the advancement of education training and retraining particularly among the unemployed and the provision of work experience to the unemployed; e. the advancement of education training and retraining and (in cases of need) financial support in setting up in a trade business or vocation or preparing for entering a profession trade business or employment generally or amongst the unemployed; f. the promotion of such other charitable purposes as the council of management think fit.