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

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THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • We didn’t budget to fix our national housing scandal

BIRD’S WORDS • It’s self interest that keeps our class system exactly where it is

LETTERS

CATE BLANCHETT HAS SOME VERY BIG QUESTIONS

THIS IS WHY DEMOCRACY DOESN’T WORK FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Tower Hamlets estate residents face ‘horror’ mould and dangerous conditions. Now they’re fighting back

GARETH THOMAS • An enduring passion for rugby led to an incredible career, but it took a little longer to figure out who he really was

LEFT A BIT… RIGHT A BIT… LEFT A BIT

Books

The rich roots of our language tell us who we are

Film

Ramata-Toulaye Sy ‘I WANTED TO WRITE A STORY WHERE JULIET BECOMES LADY MACBETH’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Food

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Southbourne, Bournemouth Tuesday-Saturday 9am-3.30pm

WELCOME TO BIG ISSUE’S BUMPER BOOKLET ON ALL THINGS B CORP

THE RISE OF THE CONSCIENTIOUS CONSUMER

YOUR B-Z GUIDE OF B CORPS • From baby food to beer, travel to underwear and everything in between, B Corps cover an enormous range of products and services. With hundreds all over the UK, we thought we’d give a taste of the variety of areas they cover with this B-Z guide (with a bonus A)

HOW JAMIE OLIVER’S MINISTRY OF FOOD CHANGED A NATION • At The Storehouse in Bradford, young lives are being given a confidence-building boost in specially tailored cookery classes

HOW BIG ISSUE IS PUTTING ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS – LITERALLY

‘WE’RE ALL SINGING FROM THE SAME SONG SHEET’ • How B Corp certification turns competition into collaboration

GREENWASHING AND HOW TO AVOID IT • Does a company claim to be sustainable or eco-friendly without backing it up with evidence? Or do they use buzzwords like carbon neutral or recyclable that ring hollow? Identifying the companies that walk the talk is tricky but not impossible, finds Tom Horn