Our Vendors
Big Issue vendors tell of the joys of being outdoors
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Big Issue vendors tell of the joys of being outdoors
Lockdown in London... through the eyes of homeless people
![Lockdown in London](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/London-in-lockdown-hero.jpg?w=768)
Lockdown in London... through the eyes of homeless people
Big Issue vendor Richard is the bird man of Exeter
![Exeter vendor Richard Todd. Illustration: Illustration: Matthew Brazier](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/exeter.png?w=768)
Big Issue vendor Richard is the bird man of Exeter
‘Birmingham has lost a landmark’ Big Issue vendor ‘Bubble’ has died
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‘Birmingham has lost a landmark’ Big Issue vendor ‘Bubble’ has died
Marcus Rashford sends message of support to Big Issue vendors
![Rashford Big Issue](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Marcus-Rashford-GettyImages-hero.jpg?w=768)
Marcus Rashford sends message of support to Big Issue vendors
Big Issue vendor Jade wants to get back on her pitch and start her transition
![Despite her fear that people who are transphobic might read her story, Big Issue vendor Jade wants other people to know they are not alone.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jade.png?w=768)
Big Issue vendor Jade wants to get back on her pitch and start her transition
‘He’s a cool guy’: Stormzy greets Big Issue vendor in London on his return
![Stormzy Big Issue](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Stormzy-Big-Issue-hero-Rick-Findler-Story-Picture-Agency.jpg?w=768)
‘He’s a cool guy’: Stormzy greets Big Issue vendor in London on his return
How Britain's battered high street is affecting Big Issue sellers
![Big Issue vendors worry what the future of the high street means for them as they return this week. Image credit: Adrian S Pye / Geograph](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/high-street-.png?w=768)
How Britain's battered high street is affecting Big Issue sellers
Town criers, tears and Stormzy: Big Issue vendors on their return
![Will Herbert, 61, gets back to his Budgens Upper Street pitch in London.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Big-Issue-24-1.jpg?w=768)
Town criers, tears and Stormzy: Big Issue vendors on their return
Here's how The Big Issue has supported vendors as they return on April 12
![Vendors of The Big Issue mark the return of the magazine being sold, by meeting at St Martins in the Fields on Trafalgar Square, where the first-ever edition of the magazine was officially launched nearly 30 years ago. Image credit: David Parry/PA Wire](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/were-back.png?w=768)
Here's how The Big Issue has supported vendors as they return on April 12
Big Issue vendors are back - and it's all thanks to you
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Big Issue vendors are back - and it's all thanks to you
Big Issue vendor Clive: 'I’ve missed the positivity from my customers'
![Theatre Royal Plymouth vendor Clive](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Clive-Theatre-Royal-Pitch-Plymouth-hero-Trevor-Burrows.jpg?w=768)
Big Issue vendor Clive: 'I’ve missed the positivity from my customers'
'Can't wait': Big Issue sellers return to the streets after lockdown
![Big Issue vendors in England and Wales will be back on April 12.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/were-back-4.png?w=768)
'Can't wait': Big Issue sellers return to the streets after lockdown
Big Issue seller Michael Costello: 'I’ve been weathering this Covid business'
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Big Issue seller Michael Costello: 'I’ve been weathering this Covid business'
Our year of change: Being a Big Issue vendor during the Covid-19 crisis
![Big Issue vendors Martin McKenzie](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/martin-mckenzie.jpg?w=768)
Our year of change: Being a Big Issue vendor during the Covid-19 crisis
Forget the Greta Thunberg statue, make room for The Big Issue's Kev
![Greta Thunberg could find herself sharing a plinth with a Big Issue vendor Kev. Image credit: Anders Hellberg / Wikimedia Commons](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/feature-2.png?w=768)
Forget the Greta Thunberg statue, make room for The Big Issue's Kev
'I couldn't imagine this': Big Issue sellers on a year of Everyone In
![Big Issue vendor Craig O'Shea in Truro](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Craig-OShea-Truro-hero-Laura-Harris.jpg?w=764)
'I couldn't imagine this': Big Issue sellers on a year of Everyone In
Big Issue vendor Rob Lovett: 'I've started saving'
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Big Issue vendor Rob Lovett: 'I've started saving'
The Big Issue was my first job so its hard being unable to sell
![Big Issue vendor Lavinia Neda, 29, who sells the magazine on Llandaff High Street.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lavinia.png?w=768)
The Big Issue was my first job so its hard being unable to sell
How to unlock your artistic side: Big Issue vendor on confidence in your art
![Images of two art works done by Big Issue vendor Slavcho Slavov.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Michael-Marmot-pic-1.png?w=768)