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Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide
Vendor Grant Elder previously sold the Australian Big Issue in Canberra, Australia, and now sells the British Big Issue in Edinburgh. Credit: Juliette Pedram for Big Issue
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Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide

First founded in the UK 35 years ago, Big Issues are currently sold in at least five different countries, including Australia, Japan and South Korea
What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
Vet bills

What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

I'm turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy
John Bird

I'm turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let's make it a kinder place 
Letters

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let's make it a kinder place 

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!
A Big Issue magazine cover with Paddington Bear on it
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!

Inside the Big Issue: Let's get physical!
A Big Issue cover with a woman in green on the front
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Let's get physical!

Former Big Issue vendor on inspiring Sam Fender: 'It was just me and Sam. It was a teary moment'
My Big Year

Former Big Issue vendor on inspiring Sam Fender: 'It was just me and Sam. It was a teary moment'

Yo-yo homes, 10Foot and autism assessments: This is how Big Issue made change in 2025
Our journalism

Yo-yo homes, 10Foot and autism assessments: This is how Big Issue made change in 2025

Inside the Big Issue: The enduring magic of David Bowie
An image of a Big Issue magazine cover with David Bowie on it
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: The enduring magic of David Bowie

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue
The Molotovs playing a concert for Big Issue in Soho
Music

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!
Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir
Big Issue vendor Andre Rostant and the Adam Street Singers smile at the camera at their performance spot in Covent Garden, decorated with Christmas lights
Christmas

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Dogs

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella

Big Issue vendors' dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Shih Tzu Rolo stands side on to the camera, looking down the lens, wearing a new red Big Issue tabard.
Dogs

Big Issue vendors' dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

Letters: I don't even know Fairytale of New York
Letters

Letters: I don't even know Fairytale of New York

Big Issue vendor 'loses everything' in Storm Claudia floods that left him 'worried for his life'
Big Issue vendor Vincent Lewis
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor 'loses everything' in Storm Claudia floods that left him 'worried for his life'

Loneliness is a growing problem. It's time we started talking to each other
Paul McNamee

Loneliness is a growing problem. It's time we started talking to each other

Letters: Maybe it's time the BBC monolith was split 
Letters

Letters: Maybe it's time the BBC monolith was split 

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals
Christmas

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals

'People seem to forget about it now': Big Issue vendors share what Remembrance Day means to them
Remembrance

'People seem to forget about it now': Big Issue vendors share what Remembrance Day means to them

Big Issue vendor to donate magazine earnings to 'give back' to forces charities for Remembrance Day
James Brewer selling the Big Issue at Bristol Temple Meads Station.
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor to donate magazine earnings to 'give back' to forces charities for Remembrance Day

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent
Big Issue vendor Preda Illie
Press Release

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent