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We need you! Nominate who you think should be a Big Issue Changemaker in 2027
Some of our 2026 Changemakers.
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We need you! Nominate who you think should be a Big Issue Changemaker in 2027

Every year Big Issue compiles a list of 100 people and organisations who make the world a better place. Do you have a local hero? Tell us about them now!
Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson
ohn Bird and Andy Burnham visit Independence Initiative
John Bird

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

Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issue
Steven MacKenzie

Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issue

Andy Burnham: 'It’s so hard when people just walk past'
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: 'It’s so hard when people just walk past'

Andy Burnham must tackle poverty as prime minister. Here's Big Issue's blueprint for him to follow
Politics

Andy Burnham must tackle poverty as prime minister. Here's Big Issue's blueprint for him to follow

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar
Big Issue vendor Ian Duff stands with a magazine on Union Street in Bath.
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Big Issue vendors given free sunscreen as temperatures soar

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 
Trap Jaw from the film Masters Of The Universe
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How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
Steven MacKenzie

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives

Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents
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Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents

Our appearance on BBC Radio 4's The Reunion reaffirms why Big Issue exists
John Bird

Our appearance on BBC Radio 4's The Reunion reaffirms why Big Issue exists

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?
Cover of Kneecap's Big Issue exclusive, on sale Monday 23 March.
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?

After 19 years I'm stepping down as editor of Big Issue. Doing this job has felt like home
Big Issue editor Paul McNamee with Armando Iannucci
Paul McNamee

After 19 years I'm stepping down as editor of Big Issue. Doing this job has felt like home

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

Get your copy of Big Issue's brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback
Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women
Big Issue

Get your copy of Big Issue's brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

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

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention

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!

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world
2026

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: 'It's a bloody good read'
Big Issue

Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: 'It's a bloody good read'

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!
Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!

We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, photographed by Debra Hurness-Brown
Christmas

We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue

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