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

Standing up against extremists

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

THE JUGGLE IS REAL. SINGLE PARENTS, CHILDCARE AND A NEW PLAN

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Forces for good balancing the universe as it wobbles

SPORT IS NOT JUST LIFE AND DEATH. IT’S FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT

BIRD’S WORDS • Klee-full revisit leads to green thinking

LETTERS

THIS IS BEX, A BIG ISSUE VENDOR, AND RAINBOW HER DOG. BROUGHT TOGETHER BY AN INCREDIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS • Big Issue vendor Bex Grass was devastated when her dog Poppy was killed in an accident. But then a wonderful, heartwarming act of generosity gave her a new companion

THE IMPORTANCE OF PET OWNERSHIP

‘NO PETS!’ • Councils and landlords are discriminating against assistance dogs – even though it’s against the law

YOU LET THE DOGS OUT

‘THEY WERE HIS FAMILY — HIS BABIES’ • John Chadwick took his own life when he faced separation from his pets. Now his friend is campaigning for change

How Europe’s summer heatwaves are driving up the price of food

Our farmers hold the key to future food security

DAWN BUTLER • She grew up in a big, musical family and had dreams of being a wedding planner, until politics beckoned and she just went for it

ART

Books

Film

HOW DEVO PREDICTED THE WORLD WE LIVE IN • Devo co-founder Gerald Casale could never have guessed just how far the ‘de-evolution’ of the human race would go

ROBIN INCE IS AT THE FRINGE

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH INTERNATIONAL • A catch-up with vendors from across the globe