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
Problems on and off the pitch
How the success of the Glastonbury Festival, and a unique scheme in Grimsby, are finding solutions to the housing crisis
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QUEEN’S SPEECH
20m slices of bread, 3m glasses of milk and 1m bananas: mapping what we waste every day
‘Significant concerns’ over Ukrainian refugees calling on councils for support to avoid homelessness
See you in court! Charities have launched legal action against the government over its Rwanda plan
MUSE, RAZORLIGHT ROAR FOR BIG ISSUE
Which rock star is calling Damon Albarn a silly twit? (It’s not a Gallagher)
The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa. From homelessness to Doctor Who
These two grannies could be jailed for a year if measures rejected from Priti Patel’s controversial Policing Bill make a return
EDITOR’S LETTER • A big and bold plan is needed now
The Big Issue
BIRD’S WORDS • The slum of my past raises questions about our future
LETTERS
RE: SOPHIE MARCEAU [ISSUE 1511]
The BIG ISSUE BULLETIN • What we’ve done, what we’re doing
‘I CAN’T SHUT UP BECAUSE THERE REALLY ARE LIVES AT STAKE’ • Martin Lewis is one of the most trusted voices in the UK, the nation’s unofficial Shadow Chancellor. Helping people skill up financially is one thing; getting daily emails about the devastation of poverty is quite another. He tells Steven MacKenzie it wasn’t meant to be like this
SMALL CHANGE
MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN BRITAIN ARE GOING AT LEAST A DAY WITHOUT FOOD AS THE SOARING COST OF LIVING BITES
HOW YOUNG AFRICA IS CHANGING THE WORLD
ANGELA SCANLON • She had ambitions of boardrooms and convertibles... aiming high eventually opened up a career in showbiz
ABSTRACT PUNCH
The dangers of having too much information
Books on wizards and witchcraft • Selected by Malcolm Gaskill Academic and witchcraft expert
I went to change the place; the place changed me
‘People like me should have been here way before’
NO ALARM BELLES • The Belle and Sebastian frontman says making the band’s new album during lockdown was a surprisingly joyous affair
LUCY SWEET IN ON THE VERGE
It’s like the Astroworld tragedy never happened
What particle physics can teach us about hope
MY PITCH • Lloyds Bank, Stratford-upon-Avon Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4pm
SCHOOLS SPECIAL 2022 • How young social entrepreneurs are changing the world!
Welcome to the SEA Schools Special!
Big ideas to change the world… • Across Scotland pupils are running their own social enterprises thanks to the Social Enterprise Academy. Here, they show us how social businesses can make a difference – not just in school but in the wider world too
Climate Change Dragons’ Den
The future’s looking bright
A positive plan to cut plastic
How we’re delivering financial education to our schools’ social enterprise teams
WANTED! The next generation of social entrepreneurs
“I thought, ‘We are just teenagers, what can we actually do?’ But we can make a real impact” • This year the Social Enterprise Academy hosted a vibrant virtual gathering of...