Rough Sleeping

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next
University of Roehampton lead researcher Dr Melissa Jogie
Homelessness

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next

Researchers are building heat maps to track how rough sleepers interact with services. It's a study that ask questions about how tech and data interacts with homelessness
There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets
A homeless women pictured going behind the bins to get some privacy while on her period
Homelessness

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise
a woman sitting on the side of a road
Homelessness

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister
Homelessness

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister

Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson
John Bird

Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Ending rough sleeping isn't just about money – it takes everyone pulling together
Andy Burnham, pictured in a media interview at No 10, has promised to end rough sleeping
Letters

Ending rough sleeping isn't just about money – it takes everyone pulling together

The success of Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge can’t be judged on Christmas Day. Here’s why
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets former rough sleepers at Independence Initiative alongside Lord John Bird, John Healey and Angela Rayner
Emma Haddad

The success of Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge can’t be judged on Christmas Day. Here’s why

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no
Big Issue vendor, Alfie Brew on his pitch at Co-op, St Thomas, Exeter
Housing

Is it fair to ask a homeless person to give up their pet to get a home? Half of Brits say no

'I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone'
Dr Karishmeh Felfeli-Crawford
Homelessness

'I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone'

If we are serious about ending rough sleeping, we must be honest about what needs to be done
From left to write: Big Issue founder Lord John Bird with Labour MP Paula Barker and Big Issue vendor Nathan Dale
Housing

If we are serious about ending rough sleeping, we must be honest about what needs to be done

More than 1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It’s a ‘national scandal’
Homeless deaths tribute
Homelessness

More than 1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It’s a ‘national scandal’

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping
Independence Initiative's Darren advises chancellor John Healey and prime minister Andy Burnham in the charity's pantry
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping
A woman walking down the street
Ella Tritton

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Steven MacKenzie

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: 'It's not just a one-off thing for Christmas'
Prime minister Andy Burnham
Exclusive

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: 'It's not just a one-off thing for Christmas'

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping
Big Issue founder John Bird being interviewed on c amera
John Bird

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Danny Beales walks down a street in Ruislip Manor with a blue bridge in the background spelling the name of the area
Danny Beales

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Keely Dalfen (second from right) with some of the team at The Brick
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start
This anti-homeless bench in Bournemouth will hopefully soon be a thing of the past
John Bird

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’
Lisa Farmer OBE is chief executive of Royal British Veterans Enterprise
Lisa Farmer

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’