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Big Issue vendor Ian Duff on selling the magazine in a heatwave
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave

Metallica give UK homeless charity £40,000 grant after headlining Download Festival
Homelessness

Metallica give UK homeless charity £40,000 grant after headlining Download Festival

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness
young adult carers facing homelessness
Carers

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness

Deliveroo is offering free meals to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness
Deliveroo funding free meals for LGBTQ+ homeless people
Pride Month

Deliveroo is offering free meals to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'
Si Mack performs his new show, kid, at BEAF Festival in Bournemouth.
real stories

'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'

'I'm worried where these people will sleep' says MP after riot police evict homeless shelter in a squat
Squatters' rights

'I'm worried where these people will sleep' says MP after riot police evict homeless shelter in a squat

The cost of living crisis is hurting frontline homelessness services
homelesness services are struggling to deal with the cost of living crisis
Homelessness

The cost of living crisis is hurting frontline homelessness services

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?
Manchester street engagement hub set up to tackle begging
Homelessness

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?

'Is this a hotel or a prison?': Life as an asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation
Home Office hotels
Migrant hotels

'Is this a hotel or a prison?': Life as an asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation

Reality star Vicky Pattison slept out in homelessness charity’s award-winning garden filled with weeds
Vicky Pattison sleeps out at the Chelsea Flower Show for Centrepoint to raise awareness of youth homelessness
Homelessness

Reality star Vicky Pattison slept out in homelessness charity’s award-winning garden filled with weeds

The Illegal Migration Bill will 'create a new homeless population'
The Illegal Migration Bill
Illegal Migration Bill

The Illegal Migration Bill will 'create a new homeless population'

Vincent Kompany tackles homelessness: 'I don't think any of us should accept it'
Andy Burnham and Vinvent Kompany play table football
Football

Vincent Kompany tackles homelessness: 'I don't think any of us should accept it'

Section 21 evictions more than double in a year as government lays out Renters Reform Bill to scrap them
The Renters Reform Bill will ban Section 21 evictions
RENTING

Section 21 evictions more than double in a year as government lays out Renters Reform Bill to scrap them

Big Issue founder wants to 'redesign' government to end poverty
Big Issue APPG poverty
Poverty

Big Issue founder wants to 'redesign' government to end poverty

More than 60,000 households faced homelessness from no-fault eviction since the Tories promised to ban them
RENTING

More than 60,000 households faced homelessness from no-fault eviction since the Tories promised to ban them

An Ordinary Eden: Intimate photos tell stories of home and homelessness
An Ordinary Eden
Photography

An Ordinary Eden: Intimate photos tell stories of home and homelessness

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The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England is now at the highest point on record
Naomi is homeless and lives in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England is now at the highest point on record

The climate crisis is making it harder for councils to protect rough sleepers from extreme weather
The climate crisis is making extreme weather more frequent and making it harder to protect rough sleepers
Rough sleeping

The climate crisis is making it harder for councils to protect rough sleepers from extreme weather

Vincent Kompany is ready to get back to tackling homelessness in Manchester
Vincent Kompany and Andy Burnham visit homelessness charity in Manchester
Rough sleeping

Vincent Kompany is ready to get back to tackling homelessness in Manchester

Social Bite serves up a solution to homelessness with new flagship café
Social Justice

Social Bite serves up a solution to homelessness with new flagship café