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

Horn and bred

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

‘Knowing you’re not the only one to have suffered is helpful’

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • When all else fails, turn to man’s best friend

BIRD’S WORDS • Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings

LETTERS

JAMIE OLIVER LAUNCHES THE BIG ISSUE RECIPE COLLECTION

OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IS IN A FIGHT FOR ITS FUTURE

‘FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, THE GRASSROOTS IS THEIR FIRST STEP INTO THEIR PASSION’

GEORGE CLARKE • All he ever wanted to be was an architect, but the prospect of having to sit a maths A-level forced him to be a little creative

RECONNECT PAINTING SHOW

Books

Film

‘THE SOCIETY WE LIVE IN TURNS POWERFUL WOMEN INTO MONSTERS’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Health

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Cwmbran (opposite Lloyds Bank ) Every day, every night