The Big Issue

11/09/2026

John Healey is set to deliver the 2026 budget on 28 October. Here's what could be in the autumn statement on housing, benefits and more

10/09/2026

Getting Clean has delivered therapeutic workshops and given paid employment to recovering addicts. Founder Chris Sylvester sat in a bath for 60 hours to showcase the company's work.

Getting Clean has delivered 200+ therapeutic workshops and given paid employment to recovering addicts. Chris Sylvester sat in a bath to showcase the company's work

10/09/2026

Michelle’s father never told anyone about his gambling addiction. He faced debt and homelessness, but he never spoke about it. Now Michelle is speaking out to raise awareness of the stigma he faced.

Michelle’s father never told anyone about his gambling addiction. He faced debt and homelessness, but he kept it quiet from his family and isolated himself from friends.

10/09/2026

Hands up for a special Harry Styles covered Big Issue. Pre-order your copy now 🪩

To commemorate the final dates of his Together, Together shows, Harry Styles has worked with Big Issue to create a special collector’s cover, with photos from the show and details of the 2027 dates.

Big Issue is a social enterprise that offers opportunity with hand up, not a hand out, helping people to work their way out of poverty. Magazines are bought at cost price by vendors who sell on and keep the profit.

It's incredibly powerful that Harry Styles has chosen to exclusively mark the announcement with Big Issue. Be like Harry and show your support by buying a copy of the magazine.

The latest edition will be available to buy from Monday from your local vendor, or pre-order online today.

💛 Pre-order you copy today via link in comments

10/09/2026

Gloria – Shuby

👉 What’s your big issue?

To celebrate 35 years of Big Issue, Grow Up Art invited 35 artists to create a piece of work to show what their big issue is.

This print and many more are available to buy in our shop

Buy now 👉 click the link via the comments

This exclusive artwork has been created for Grow up’s Paste, Present, Future project, in collaboration with UNCLE. 25% will be paid to Big Issue to support people experiencing poverty in the UK. Grow up invited artists to create work based on their ‘big issue’ – all views expressed in their work belong to the artist.

10/09/2026

Only 7% of people say there should be less spending on disability benefits, a new survey has revealed.

Only 7% of people said there should be less spending on disability benefits, figures from the British Social Attitudes survey suggest.

10/09/2026

Who’s given you a hand up?

👉 For Andy Burnham, it's his old PE teacher

For 35 years Big Issue has been helping people create opportunity with a hand up, not a hand out.

In celebration of our birthday, we want to know who’s given you a hand up. A parent? Friend? Colleague? Teacher? Mentor?

📣 Share the story of how they helped you in the comments, or write your own post using

💛 Anyone who writes a has a chance of being featured in one of our future magazines!

Comment down below 👇👇

10/09/2026

What was your first job? Here's how it could make a difference to what you earn in your thirties.

What you do for a first job can make a 24% difference to what you earn in your thirties, new research from Social Market Foundation found

09/09/2026

“Big Issue saved my life and I feel like I’m giving something back to them now”

📍 Robin Price sells Big Issue outside Co-Op, Pembrokeshire.

“I’ve done quite a lot of work for Big Issue. It’s been tremendous to me over the years. Without them, I would be dead by now.”

“I don’t ever repeat what people say to me. I just try and give them the best advice that I can give them from my experience. And we’ll see how we go from there, basically. If they come back next week happy and get a magazine, I know I’ve done something right.”

“I’m still into trains. It’s freedom for me. It’s escapism”

“I’ve got a few people where I post the magazine through their letterboxes because they prefer it that way. So they get special treatment of getting it delivered at home”

🗞️ Vendors buy each magazine for £2.50 and sell it for £5, keeping the profit on every sale.

➡️Read the full interview on our website (link in comments).