The Big Issue

The Big Issue is one of Britain’s leading news and cultural magazines. Every week’s edition is packed full of original takes on the biggest issues of the day as well as interviews with the most significant figures in politics and entertainment. The Big Issue was founded 1991 to give people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to earn their own income. We continue to support hundreds of vendors across the UK and all proceeds from sales go to help anyone wanting to lift themselves out of poverty.

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE • This incredible magazine is created by Alice Jayde Wood, Chloe Jones, Lexi Swaine, Jake Tinmurth, Tumukunde Uzomukunde, JoJo Witts, Raees Ahmad, Riley Holden and Tom Brown. Get ready!

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

YOUR LETTERS

THE BIG ISSUE

These are the voices of the next generation

Who wants to be a millionaire? Me! • TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

I asked the minister for school standards why people like me are being left behind

I’m 17 years old. Playing bowls changed my life

‘Like you, music was a coping mechanism for my past traumas’ • When James Arthur superfan Chloe Jones sat down with the singer, they both opened up with remarkably raw stories of survival and found they had a lot in common – not least in the music that saved their lives

‘School in its traditional form did not work for me’

‘I conformed to the stereotype adults have of teenagers. You’re meant to be bad’

This is what I’m wearing. What about it?

I can remember the exact moment that I knew beyond doubt I was trans.

Who is Tumi?

WHY YOUTH CENTRES MATTER TO ME

How BIG ISSUE is invested in the next generation

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Edna’s Kitchen, Bristol Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pm