The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

One Voice

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITORIAL • A question of belonging

IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND A TEENAGER’S WORLD, LISTEN TO THEM

BIRD’S WORDS • The world’s smallest manifesto

LETTERS

THE FUTURE OF CITIES CAN OUR URBAN CENTRES SURVIVE THE STORM?

BIG ISSUE AND SPECSAVERS A SHARED VISION

The bloody truth Four decades on, those affected by the infected blood scandal are still waiting for justice. And time is running out

MOVING ON • Single and stuck: when you break up with your ex but can’t afford to move out

MOVING (BACK) IN • The cost of living crisis is forcing adults to move back in with their parents. But is this the death knell it seems?

ADRIAN EDMONDSON • He broke all the rules at school, but now understands he’d been chasing adrenaline as a substitute for love

ART • LOST GIRLS EXHIBITION By War Child and Flowers Gallery

Books

The unstoppable creative force of Mr T

Film

‘THERE’S THIS ONGOING GENERATIONAL TRAUMA’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH INTERNATIONAL • To mark World Homelessness Day this week, we take a trip to meet street paper sellers around the globe