Homelessness

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
A plastic tubbed filled with food donations being passed across a table between people
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

Letters: I don't even know Fairytale of New York
Letters

Letters: I don't even know Fairytale of New York

Councils are turning homeless young people away from support. Gatekeeping won't end homelessness
a person dressed in a hoodie holding out their palm
Lisa Doyle

Councils are turning homeless young people away from support. Gatekeeping won't end homelessness

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: 'We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help'
Football

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: 'We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help'

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'
Andre Hopkins at his new home
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: 'Now is the worst time to be homeless'
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: 'Now is the worst time to be homeless'

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: 'It made me who I am today'
Married At First Sight UK star Davide Anica
Homelessness

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: 'It made me who I am today'

Frozen housing benefit pushes renters into homelessness. Will Labour finally listen and thaw it?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Renting

Frozen housing benefit pushes renters into homelessness. Will Labour finally listen and thaw it?

Inside the Big Issue: From grotty to grotto
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: From grotty to grotto

Philanthropist and banker John Studzinski: 'I have never forgotten what Mother Teresa told me…'
Philanthropy

Philanthropist and banker John Studzinski: 'I have never forgotten what Mother Teresa told me…'

There's much we can learn from Ukraine in the fight against homelessness
Apartment building with bomb blast damage
Nick Hardwick

There's much we can learn from Ukraine in the fight against homelessness

Keir Starmer promises to 'put an end to unsafe housing' in exclusive article for Big Issue
Prime minister Keir Starmer.
Housing

Keir Starmer promises to 'put an end to unsafe housing' in exclusive article for Big Issue

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless
Veterans

Labour confirms millions in funding to stop 1,000-plus veterans becoming homeless

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: 'It's so cruel'
pensioners sat together
Care homes

Thousands of pensioners evicted from care homes and put at risk of homelessness: 'It's so cruel'

A single Home Office mistake ruined my teenage years and left me homeless for four years 
Asylum seekers

A single Home Office mistake ruined my teenage years and left me homeless for four years 

3 things Labour must do right now to help 300,000 homeless households in England
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Homelessness

3 things Labour must do right now to help 300,000 homeless households in England

Prince William and Gordon Brown join forces to tackle homelessness: 'Dignity can be restored'
Gordon Brown and Prince William at a Homewards event
Homelessness

Prince William and Gordon Brown join forces to tackle homelessness: 'Dignity can be restored'