The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

Pop on the beach

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Without government action to lower prices, Britain is heading for a food crisis

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Nice and easy does it

ACE OF CLUBS CHARITY RECEIVES FIVE-FIGURE DONATION FROM NATWEST

Rather than blaming a ‘sick note culture’, the government should take a leaf out of Big Issue Recruit’s book • BIG ISSUE RECRUIT

LETTERS

INSIDE No. 9 • As the curtain falls on the ninth deliciously dark series, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith beckon us

‘I really want Ruby Sunday to be a beam of hope’ • New Doctor Who star Millie Gibson has the universe at her feet

A class apart

LIZ CARR • Illness gave her the toughest of starts, but the actor and activist found her calling after a lightbulb moment changed her life

A TURN IN THE ROAD

Books

Marking the rebellious past

Film

Damian Barr ‘I HAVE SEATS NEAR THE DOOR SO I CAN RUN IF I NEED TO’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Work

Puzzles

MY PITCH • M&S, Parliament Street, York Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm