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

Paving the way to prosperity

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars

BIRD’S WORDS • The art of liberation

The Big Issue

LETTERS

WELCOME TO THE CHANGE

INSIDE THE KITCHEN AT THE FINE DINING RESTAURANT STAFFED BY HOMELESS CHEFS • Home Kitchen is a different kind of restaurant: it is staffed by novice chefs with experience of homelessness. As we visit on the week of its opening, can the restaurant fight poverty while delivering first-class scran?

FROM BIG ISSUE TO BRASSIC

ADAM PEARSON • His sharp wit helped him take on the bullies as a teenager, now he’s using it to advocate for genuine disability inclusion

SOUND & VISION

It’s a dog’s life

Listen without prejudice

The generation game

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF KOLA BOKINNI

TRANS-AMERICAN EXPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Hooray Henry

Tackling heart health in the community

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Budgens, Upper Street, Islington, London Every day 9am–5pm