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 TOP 5 STORIES ON BIGISSUE.COM LAST WEEK
Council brings 4,000 social homes back under control after outsourcing failure. It says others should follow suit
Even the experts say it is ‘difficult to comprehend the logic’ of the biggest benefits real-terms cut in 50 years
Five things you need to know about the government’s new energy strategy to end reliance on Russian oil and gas
New York mayor’s strong-arm tactics raises questions over how to tackle street homelessness
GRENFELL INQUIRY
Diary of a foodbank manager, and the growing sense of crisis
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INTERVIEW WITH A ROBOT
Now isn’t the time for exceptionalism in government
Our voices are needed if we’re to call the tune
THE BIG ISSUE
BIRD’S WORDS • The gloom of war and poverty will find its way into the art of the future
LETTERS
RE: A BRIDGERTON TOO FAR [April 4]
The BIG ISSUE BULLETIN • What we’ve done, what we’re doing
GLOBAL ROUNDUP • Street papers and positive thinkers making a difference around the world
WHAT ON EARTH CAN WE DO NOW? • Earth Day is the annual point to measure how much closer we are to irreversible climate catastrophe. The outlook isn’t good. But understanding a theory published half a century ago explains how the human race has for survived for so long and what we need to do to ease the situation
THE INVISIBLE EXTINCTION • Our understanding of the natural world has always been reliant on the ecologists and hobbyists who record it. Their work alerts the experts to species at risk of extinction. But the number of nature surveyors is now also in decline, so what hope do we have of saving our most at-risk species if there is no one to tell us they are there?
FOUR EASY WAYS YOU CAN BOOST BIODIVERSITY
WHY I LEFT MY JOB AND OPENED A FOREST SCHOOL
FROM TINY ACORNS…
‘SAYING SOMETHING OUT LOUD HAS A POWER’ • The writer Robert Macfarlane believes language is key to understanding our environment. He tells Kat Lister that if we want to reconnect to nature, all we need to do is tune in
HOW GUERRILLA GARDENERS ARE CLAIMING BACK PUBLIC SPACE
SING THE RESOLUTION SONG ON EARTH DAY
JIMMY WEBB • The songwriting legend escaped the church, then flirted with the abyss until his kids made him clean up his nightstand
STREET ART • WINTER
Exile, identity and the universal language of loss
Books about Belfast
They thought they’d be going home. Instead they were shot
Anya Taylor-Joy’s masterclass in complex femininity
THE SPELL OF REPETITION • Sian Clifford and Thomasin McKenzie are about to star in a new drama based on Kate Atkinson’s book. Here, they talk about their mutual appreciation and the thrill of a good script
ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD
How Manchester music culture drives the nation
MY PITCH