The Big Issue Reviews

I have never fully understood why there are so many homeless people in UK, where the unemployment rate is around 5% and where, to the best of my knowledge, any person who is in decent health can find a work. The Big Issue is a magazine published by homeless people and sold by homeless people, there is a version in the North of England ...

This is a magazine that si sold by the homeless and the idea is that rather than begging it gives them the ability to earn money from a legitimate source and hopefully provide an escape route away from living on the streets or hostels and to get back to leading what most of society would term a normal existence. Each vendor sells from a ...

Most people living in one of the large cities of the UK will have a little knowledge of what the Big Issue magazine is since they will have undoubtedly seen it being sold on the streets of their city. Many people will know a little about the concept behind the magazine and a few people will part with their money in exchange for this publication on ...

The basic idea of the Big Issue is to support homeless people and allow them to help themselves in small ways - such as selling a magazine. Many people - particularly if you live in a city -will have seen people standing on street corners selling the Big Issue...and many of those will have looked in the other direction and kept walking. I hope in ...

I have been buying Big Issue for about a decade now, having first been introduced to it while living in London. Before talking about content, let me explain how the publication helps the homeless. The Big Issue is an international publication which gives people facing homelessness the opportunity to help ...

Increasingly on the high street more and more retailers are leaving to set up shop on one of the out of town shopping centre however there is always one place where you can find a reasonably priced quality read which you can then take to anyone of the 50,000 designer coffee shops that are invading our towns and cities. The Big Issue has ...

Is it less than 14 years since the first edition of The Big Issue? This multi award-winning magazine seems to have been here for much longer. Inspired by Street News, the newspaper sold on the streets of New York, John Bird and Gordon Roddick (of the Body Shop) produced the first - then monthly, now weekly - edition in September 1991. Since ...

I've read the big issue fairly regularly since it's inception- that must be about 10 years ago so it is pretty obvious that I am a supporter of the magazine and it's ideals. So what is it? It's a magazine that is sold by the homeless. It?s quite a popular idea and there are street papers all over the world including the ...

The Big Issue is a magazine I try to buy every week – and the beauty of it is you don’t even need to queue up in the newsagents for it! No, seriously, it’s a great way of offering a way for homeless people to earn money, without begging. The vendors buy copies of the magazine for 40p each and sell them for £1.00 each. ...

I think this evne though this magagine is cheap, it is really laid out profesionally. I have brought quite a few of these magazine, and they worth the moeny that i have paid for it. It is funny, informative, a good read, and at the same time it is helping people who are in need of the essentials that most of us have. A ...

The Big Issue is the only thing that our country should be proud of when it comes to Homelessness.It means that homeless people can earn enough money to get themselves together and maybe even find a home and job for themselves. At £1.20 it is the cheapest magazine you can buy, and the low price does not effect it's quality at all.I ...

First of all, I like the mag. I like the mix, the presentation, and enjoy the ever so slightly self righteous and "arent we hip for buying this" presentation style. As well as helping, it's a good buy for your money. However, what has now stopped me buying this any more is that I now do business about 3 times a year in Leeds, ...

Big Issue Vendors often come in for some criticism. People frequently look the other way and pretend they don't see them. Why the stigma? Official vendors wear a badge to verify their authenticity and they are monitored to make sure their earnings aren't going on drink or drugs. They are homeless people trying to do something to ...

The big Issue is a magazine that is a magazine that is sold by the homeless, so that the receive honest money for an honest days work. The magazine is cheap at a mere £1. If you bother to take the time to buy one, you will find that the articles are not only interesting. Be prepared at times to be challenged while you read. Before anyone ...

Why do some people to their best to avoid the Big Issue Vendors? After all, they are only trying to earn a decent living like the rest of us, and at least they are doing something other than begging on the streets (although I've nothing against that either). The mag is actually very entertaining, with some good honest articles and ...

I have bought the big issue for several years in several different places in the U.K (Cardiff, Dorchester, London, Southampton). Every vendor I have bought the magazine from has been polite and pleasant and often I have had a good chat. Recently when I have been into town with my baby they have always commented on how pretty she is and talked to ...

The Big Issue is a special magazine to me. In terms of content, it can often be better than a typical current affairs magazine. Being interested in crime and disorder, I remember reading one edition that threw a whole new light on the prison system and its ills. I am surprised by my own opinions of the big issue as I often conflict with ...

Whenever I go to a city, a copy of The Big Issue is always top of my shopping list.For those who have never seen it,it's a weekly magazine,costing £1, of which 60p goes to the vendor.(Vendors are homeless and this is a way to allow them to earn some money.)The magazine has a varied content of articles,reviews,cartoons,humour,political ...

The Big Issue is genuinely not a bad read.........with articles on a range of current issues, music etc, as well as poetry and views from the vendors themselves, it's a thought provoking and interesting magazine. The cost of £1.00 is well worth it, especially if you take the ethical basis of the production and marketing structure into ...

I have to hold back some of my words on this subject becasue I know it might not be policitally correct to go shouting of about the big issue when it was made with good intentions. Here are some plain old facts from the big issue.. I having read over a dozen of them in the past few years and must admit there is the odd good ...