A clearer vision this christmas with big issue and specsavers

I’ve been selling Big Issue for 11 years. I have been providing food for my family and paying for rent thanks to the money I make. I lived in Romania before coming to England. It was hard living there

Imagine looking through a pane of glass. Now imagine that glass is frosted. You wouldn’t expect to see anything clearly – maybe just shadowy shapes – and putting on your glasses isn’t going to get rid

Volunteering your time at Christmas can feel like the best gift ever

→ Three per cent of rough sleepers are veterans. According to our latest vendor survey the figure is the same for Big Issue sellers who have previously served in the armed forces. As Remembrance Day a

Big Issue changed my life. I was sat begging after I’d just become homeless. One of the Big Issue workers came past me on their bike and stopped and talked to me. I went into the office the next morni

We’ve got glasses in our sights again. But how to choose the right ones, asks Henrik Lischke