Homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember

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

The stereotype is that homelessness comes from bad choices – but it could happen to anyone
homeless peoples' tents in street
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

The stereotype is that homelessness comes from bad choices – but it could happen to anyone

This is what it's like to fall into hidden homelessness: 'I felt like a burden'
An illustration of a house cut out of a background
Homelessness

This is what it's like to fall into hidden homelessness: 'I felt like a burden'

More than 4,700 people are homeless on London's streets: 'The situation is terrible'
a man sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

More than 4,700 people are homeless on London's streets: 'The situation is terrible'

Hundreds of veterans face homelessness as future of support scheme uncertain: 'A kick in the teeth'
Remembrance

Hundreds of veterans face homelessness as future of support scheme uncertain: 'A kick in the teeth'

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they're full of voices bursting to be heard
Books

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they're full of voices bursting to be heard

Inside the Big Issue: Don't have nightmares
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Don't have nightmares

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I'm 20 years sober and in love with giving back
Big Issue Invest

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I'm 20 years sober and in love with giving back

Why homelessness is rising in Finland – and what Britain can learn
Homelessness

Why homelessness is rising in Finland – and what Britain can learn

Digital ID scheme will be a 'passport' out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer
Exclusive

Digital ID scheme will be a 'passport' out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer

Homelessness minister 'shocked' at number of children in temporary accommodation and B&Bs
homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Homelessness

Homelessness minister 'shocked' at number of children in temporary accommodation and B&Bs

Housing First promised to be a silver bullet to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?  
Housing First

Housing First promised to be a silver bullet to solve homelessness. Why are we still waiting?  

Dispersed accommodation is the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness
a woman holding a cup of tea
Rachel Shuter

Dispersed accommodation is the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it's no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it's no longer shocking

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'
A bench with armrest bars across it in Pokémon Legends Z-A
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: 'It's about giving them the choice'
a woman being supported by a nurse
Abortion

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: 'It's about giving them the choice'

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'
the shadow of a young girl
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Emmaus Salford's Lucy
Homelessness

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it