{"id":2792,"date":"2005-08-28T15:12:05","date_gmt":"2005-08-28T14:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2005\/08\/28\/simplyswitch-and-save-money\/"},"modified":"2005-08-28T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2005-08-28T14:12:05","slug":"simplyswitch-and-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2005\/08\/simplyswitch-and-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"SimplySwitch to save money and help the Big Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyswitch.co.uk\/\" rel=\"external\">SimplySwitch<\/a> is a free and impartial comparison service that could save you a fortune on your household bills. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You could save \u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3s by changing to cheaper gas, electricity, credit card, broadband, mortgage and homephone providers. And if you decide to switch they will take care of all the paperwork for you.<\/p>\n<p>They also tell you who the greenest and most competitive renewable energy supplier is in your area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But how does this help the Big Issue?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>SimplySwitch will <strong>donate \u00c2\u00a310 to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigissue.com\" rel=\"external\">Big&nbsp;Issue<\/a> for every switch<\/strong> if you call this special number to do it: <strong>0800 781 4897<\/strong>. Now that is pretty sweet!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/big-issue-vendor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"pic_100px\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/\" rel=\"external\">The Big Issue<\/a> is now an international movement, providing opportunities for people facing homelessness to help themselves.<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the centre of this work is The Big Issue Magazine &#8211; a news &amp; current affairs magazine written by professional journalists and sold on the streets by vendors looking to overcome the crises surrounding homelessness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/bigissue.html\" rel=\"external\"><strong>The Big Issue aims to:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable homeless people to earn a legal income through opportunities to help themselves<\/li>\n<li>Invest profits in services to help homeless people and Big Issue vendors tackle obstacles to them helping themselves<\/li>\n<li>Provide people with a voice in the media<\/li>\n<li>Produce a quality magazine which engages readers with issues that affect their lives but are overlooked by other media<\/li>\n<li>Provide an example of a socially responsible business and an alternative to conventional charity as a response to homelessness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Find out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/aboutfound.html\" rel=\"external\">The Big Issue Foundation<\/a> and what they do for the homeless.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SimplySwitch is a free and impartial comparison service that could save you a fortune on your household bills. You could save \u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3s by changing to cheaper gas, electricity, credit card, broadband, mortgage and homephone providers. And if you decide to switch they will take care of all the paperwork for you. They also tell you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}