BIZARRE: 3 | Mind Blowing Facts

Big Issue founder fears more professionals could fall into homelessness

Lord Bird said it ‘frightens’ him to think of people declining into an ‘underclass’.

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

The Crown's Princess Diana and Prince William actors share a laugh as they film new scenes

Elizabeth Debicki and Rufus Kampa, who play Princess Diana and a young Prince William in The Crown, have been spotted sharing a laugh as they film the next series of the Netflix smash

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023

Big Issue seller numbers up due to cost-of-living pressures, says founder

There has been a 10 per cent increase in the number of vendors out on the streets

Wales Online · Mar 6, 2023

Big Issue founder pleads 'save family from homeless fate I suffered as child'

The anti-poverty campaigner's family were turfed out of their home at Christmas in the 1950s - now, seven decades on, history looks set to repeat itself

Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022

Big Issue founder says Government needs to ‘get off its rear’

Lord Bird said people face slipping into poverty and homelessness.

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

‘Huge increase’ in Big Issue vendors needing help during cost-of-living crisis

The organisation renewed its call to the public to support by subscribing or making a contribution through the Big Issue Foundation.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Scots schoolkid wins competition to design Big Issue's Christmas cover

A YOUNG Scot has won this year’s competition to design the Christmas cover of the Big Issue with his colourful picture of a snowman dressed as…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 9, 2022

Free sim cards for Big Issue vendors

Virgin Media O2 has announced it will be working with the Big Issue Group to support all the magazine’s vendors.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Terminally ill hero selling Big Issue to support his disabled sons when he's gone

Dave Besley survived the Basel air disaster in 1973 and saved seven others from the wreckage

Wales Online · Nov 23, 2022

Terminally ill air crash hero selling The Big Issue with his two sons - to help support them when he’s gone

Dave Besley survived the Basel air disaster in 1973

Bristol Post · Nov 23, 2022