A safe space

I had my first-time experience of homelessness when I was 11 years old because I wouldn’t go to school. To go home from the bullying into an alcoholic background, plus I was sniffing glue, solvents an

We can’t predict exactly how you’ll be feeling as the year comes to a close, but our best guess is that you’ll be in need of a breather. Because for many of us, 2025 has not been painless. Political t

I’m selling Big Issue basically to make sure I feed myself. I get help from the government as well which I try to send to my wife. So Big Issue keeps me going and keeps me alive. I came back from Aust

→ Rising rough sleeping has made street homelessness more visible. Tent encampments are now commonplace in our cities. The camp at Adelphi Terrace beside the Grade-II listed Adelphi Theatre on the Str

“Christmas is the busiest – and most exciting – time of the year in Cats Protection shops,” reveals Adele Allen, shop manager at the Cats Protection shop in Stone, Staffordshire. “There’s an incredibl

Michael Hall sells Big Issue at Temple Meads station in Bristol. His sentiment about passers-by passing by is one shared by many of our sellers. Last week we reported that over half (54%) of the appro