John Bird and Gordon Roddick founded which magazine in 1991?
John Bird, Baron Bird washing dishes, a venue he would later return to as a life peer. In September 1991, Bird launched "The Big Issue" with Gordon Roddick, co-founder of The Body Shop. In November 1995, he launched The Big Issue Foundation to further support vendors of "The Big Issue". He is currently on the board of directors for The Big Issue Group, which incorporates "The Big Issue", Big Issue Invest and The Big Issue Foundation. "The Big Issue" magazine started as a London venture, but expanded with specific editions and services to other British cities, and then to other countries. Bird is a
Anita Roddick husband, Gordon Roddick, founded 38 Degrees in her memory, explaining, "I knew what would make Anita really laugh would be to cause a lot of trouble." The Roddick Foundation, founded by Anita Roddick, gave four grants totalling £120,000 between 2009 and 2014 to CAGE, an organisation aiming "to raise awareness of the plight of the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and other detainees held as part of the War on Terror". The Foundation, along with 2 other charities, agreed to cease funding CAGE under pressure from the Charity Commission, which expressed concern that funding CAGE risked damaging public confidence in charity.