Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Subscribe
£ Support
Buy a Kit
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Get Big Issue magazine for £1 a week, straight to your door
SUBSCRIBE HERE
Social Justice

This project is a revealing look at what homeless people eat

Residents of the Salvation Army shelter in Plymouth were given cameras to document their food stories. This is what food means to them, and what it says about their lives

by: Steven MacKenzie
28 May 2019
Nemo what homeless people eat

Nemo Nemo has a philosophy qualification but an assault led to homelessness. “I can’t eat in the dining room because I’m scared of crowds. I have problems with my head, PTSD, epilepsy and people basically – well, manners, elbows out, passing wind and shouting at each other.”

GIVE A GIFT THAT CHANGES A VENDOR'S LIFE THIS CHRISTMAS 🎁

For £36.99, help a vendor stay warm, earn an extra £520, and build a better future.
BUY A VENDOR SUPPORT KIT
Grant, vendor

Recommended for you

View all
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'
Minister Liz Lloyd in a workshop at the Bromley by Bow Centre.
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'

'Long overdue': New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
Social Justice

'Long overdue': New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Asylum seekers

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'

Labour reveals national youth strategy with vow to give every young person 'something meaningful to do'
Young people

Labour reveals national youth strategy with vow to give every young person 'something meaningful to do'