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
Forging ahead in the new space race
THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany
The inside story of how Blair’s government almost ended rough sleeping
The Big Issue
EDITOR’S LETTER
BIRD’S WORDS
LETTERS
BINFACE SAYS IT’S TIME TO VOTE, THEN COUNT ON A FUN SUMMER
HOW SPOOF CANDIDATES BECAME A CURIOUSLY BRITISH TRADITION
HOW TO REDISCOVER FUN AFTER THE ELECTION
Setting the record straight on migration
ROWAN WILLIAMS • The former Archbishop of Canterbury wasn’t much of a teen rebel and wishes he’d been less puritanical. Despite his career highs, there’s one area in which he admits he dropped the ball
I LIKE THINGS I REMEMBER
Books
Welcome to the real Germanies
Film
Karen Gillan ‘ABUSE OF POWER IS TRUE FOR A LOT OF WORKPLACES’
LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE
Music
Venue Watch
Puzzles
OUR PITCH • Big Issue vendors demand an end to poverty