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Many thanks to the various people who have been using ebay to raise money for The Big Issue in the North Trust. You can support The Big Issue in the North Trust through ebay by…

The following poem was sent to our Manchester Office from Davyhulme Primary School. Thanks to teacher Kate Brookes and the poet, Shriya Pilli (11 years old).   No Home Sat there watching waiting watching the…

One of the long-standing Leeds City Centre vendors has recently made the positive move to an Out of Town pitch and is doing really well there. He has moved to a nearby smaller city centre…

The staff in Liverpool have collaborated with the Red Cross to provide free first aid courses to vendors. The courses will be held at the end of the month and any vendors who are interested are…

The Sheffield Big Issue in the North office has a new volunteer, Dave Rourke, who is working to engage vendors and promote service user involvement within the organisation. Dave used to be a vendor in…

A former Big Issue in the North vendor, who is now a permanent member of staff at Liverpool’s Big Issue in the North office, features in an exhibition in the new Museum of Liverpool. An…

  The Sheffield office is trialling some events pitches over the summer, in which vendors will be given the opportunity to work at one-off events in Sheffield and the surrounding areas. When an event pitch is…

There has been a great deal of effort and passion put into the creation of our new York office over the past few weeks. York is a large city with many people who will benefit greatly from our work. A local minister…

Citizenship For Life (C4L) is a programme which works with businesses to give young people an insight into the working world.  Charlotte Chadwick is employed by Cornwall Council to run the scheme which increases self esteem, builds employment skills…