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Mel Young / Founder

Mel Young

Mel founded New Consumer in June 2002. He’s one of the few entrepreneurs from across the world to be recognised as outstanding by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. He co-founded The Big Issue Scotland; is co-founder and Honorary President of The International Network of Street Papers; and co-founder and CEO of The Homeless World Cup.

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About New Consumer Magazine

New Consumer is a website, a magazine, and a means to help you use your purchase power!

We were established by award-winning social entrepreneur Mel Young (Big Issue in Scotland, Homeless World Cup) in 2002.

For New Consumer, future-proof consumption means ethics AND quality – we’re heartened to see more and more products hit the market that aren’t just sustainably produced but are bright, fun and fabulous too!

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