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

Shelter from the storm

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Leaders’ act is not the cat’s whiskers

WE NEED GOVERNMENT ACTION NOW TO HALT A WINTER OF CATASTROPHE

BIRD’S WORDS • Truss takes the credit, but the inequalities remain

LETTERS

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

FANS CLUB TOGETHER • As greed and financial mismanagement have put Premier League clubs in debt, and season ticket prices shut out supporters, stories of clubs run for the fans by the fans are bringing hope back to football

ABOUT THE YOUNG IDEA

PP ARNOLD • The soul singer used music to escape an abusive marriage, but more traumatic events were around the corner

SATURDAY NIGHT IN A 12 STEP MEETING

Books

Film

ENTER SANDMAN

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Caffè Nero, Beeston, Nottingham 9am-3pm every day