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

Scorched Earth

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Urgent prison reform is another victim of riots • Our justice system is on the brink, but the new government’s efforts to begin the repair job have been hijacked by civil unrest

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • The power of the Paralympics means this summer of sport is only just warming up

Big Issue Invest tackles social problems at the source

LETTERS

Every morning Nick Cave jumps in a lake...

A child’s eye view of the two-child benefit cap

Levelling the field • Football is the people’s game that is increasingly out of reach for many of our young. London-based grassroots charity Bloomsbury Football is changing that, building hope, confidence and a sense of team spirit.

MORE THAN ONE STORY 7/9

ED JACKSON • A life-changing accident made the rugby star-turned-broadcaster find purpose in steering others through trauma

40 DOWN & RUBY TO GO

Books

The devastating cost of doing the right thing

Film

‘HOW IS OUR EMPATHY DOING, GUYS?’

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH