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

Homelessness: Reframed

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

I’m a housing adviser for a homelessness charity. People contact us in tears almost daily. I’m worried about the autumn

The Big Issue

I’m a single mum of three. The two-child benefit cap reminds me of how society judges me

Men, you are beautiful. Just accept it

LETTERS

LET’S START WITH THE FACTS

LEGITIMATE CONCERNS? THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION

AS RIOTERS TRY TO BURN THEM DOWN, THIS IS THE TRUTH ABOUT ASYLUM HOTELS

UK net migration in 2023 685,000

‘I’M SC ARED TO GO OUT AND SELL THE MAGAZINES’ • A STATEMENT FROM ROMA SUPPORT GROUP

TWO BRITISH TOWNS, AND THE DETERMINED COMMUNITIES WHO STOOD TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE

HOW TO HELP ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AFTER RIOTS ACROSS UK • If you’re seeing the scenes unfold on the news and want to show your solidarity to make migrants feel welcome in the UK, there are plenty of ways to take positive action

‘Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from’ • For 20 years, Who Do You Think You Are? has told surprising and inspiring stories of migration, struggle, survival and hope. As the genealogy series returns, actor Vicky McClure says this has changed the way we look at ourselves and our country

And For Once, I Just Let It Be Nice

TROY DEENEY • Football was an escape, but he never considered that he could make it as a professional. It ended up changing his life

UNTITLED ARTWORK

Books

The battle to save sea turtles is a fight for us all

Film

‘I’VE NEVER CALLED MYSELF AN ACTIVIST’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Lidl, Kingswood, Bristol Wednesday & Friday 10am-4pm