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'I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here's what I learned'
Invisible Cities' Johnny delivers a tour in Cardiff
Invisible Cities

'I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here's what I learned'

To celebrate Invisible Cities' 10th anniversary, their tour guides are giving Big Issue an insider's look at the cities they know so well
Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces
Andy Burnham volunteering at London homelessness charity The Passage on the day he was named prime minister
Homelessness

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: 'He was one of the kindest'
Our vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic flat fire: 'He was one of the kindest'

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: 'We'd love to have Wales behind us'
World Cup

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: 'We'd love to have Wales behind us'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’
Wayne Ellaway Homeless World Cup
Homelessness

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’

Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?
Boarded-up empty homes in Bradford
Housing

Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up?

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why
a person rough sleeping under a blue blanket on the street
Homelessness

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'. Here's why

A decade of Wales' future generations commissioner: 'Looking ahead is how we look after each other'
Future generations commissioner for Wales Derek Walker talking with Ysgol y Ferch O'r Sger children at Ogmore Castle
Derek Walker

A decade of Wales' future generations commissioner: 'Looking ahead is how we look after each other'

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'

Big Issue vendor 'loses everything' in Storm Claudia floods that left him 'worried for his life'
Big Issue vendor Vincent Lewis
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor 'loses everything' in Storm Claudia floods that left him 'worried for his life'

Homelessness system in Scotland 'at breaking point' as rough sleeping surges
a person experiencing homelessness on the street
Homelessness

Homelessness system in Scotland 'at breaking point' as rough sleeping surges

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won't happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice
Community

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won't happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice

England and Wales must follow Scotland's lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Big Issue vendors back the Poverty Zero campaign.
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland's lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'
Morteza Ehsani, Sammi Ghaderi and Navid Hjyani.
Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'

Wales wants to be the world's first 'nation of sanctuary' for asylum seekers. Is it possible?
Welsh Refugee Council event at the Senedd, Cardiff Bay for the Nation of Sanctuary
Asylum seekers

Wales wants to be the world's first 'nation of sanctuary' for asylum seekers. Is it possible?

Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: 'People don't know their rights'
Law

Meet the lawyers stepping in to help homeless people rebuild: 'People don't know their rights'

'There's no magic bullet': The battle to keep Cardiff's vital music scene from dying out
Grassroots music venues

'There's no magic bullet': The battle to keep Cardiff's vital music scene from dying out

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education
Education

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education

Hundreds of care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened
Basic income

Hundreds of care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened

'Explain to me why I'm homeless': Rough sleeper's rage tells us a lot about what's keeping people homeless
Homelessness

'Explain to me why I'm homeless': Rough sleeper's rage tells us a lot about what's keeping people homeless

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'This place is a vital force for good': An off-grid community's desperate fight to save their home
Community

'This place is a vital force for good': An off-grid community's desperate fight to save their home

Wales' future generations commissioner warns we're not doing enough for people yet to be born
Wales future generations commissioner Derek Walker
Future Generations

Wales' future generations commissioner warns we're not doing enough for people yet to be born

Wales' long-awaited and 'radical' homelessness bill promises shift to prevention
Welsh flag
Homelessness

Wales' long-awaited and 'radical' homelessness bill promises shift to prevention

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
A Welsh dragon
Andrew Connell and Jez Bushnell

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change