About Us

We want to tell everyone's story. If there's a story in your area you think should be heard you can tell us about it.

Email: alex.donohue@bigissuecymru.co.uk

Tel: 029 2025 5670

Write to us: The Big Issue Cymru, 55 Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GD

The Big Issue is one of the UK’s leading social businesses, which seventeen years since its inception continues to offer homeless and vulnerably housed people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income.

The organisation is made up of two parts; a limited company which produces and distributes a magazine to a network of street vendors, and a registered charity which exists to help those vendors gain control of their lives by addressing the issues which have contributed to their homelessness.

The Big Issue Company publishes a weekly news and arts magazine, which Big Issue sellers (or vendors) buy for 85 pence and sell for £1.70, thereby earning 85 pence per copy. Any post investment profit generated through the sale of the magazine or the sale of advertising is passed on to our charity, The Big Issue Foundation. The Foundation is also reliant upon donations from the public to fund its crucial work with vendors.

The organisation currently supports over 2500 homeless and vulnerably housed people across the country. The magazine is read by over 670,000 people every week throughout the UK.

We believe in offering ‘a hand up, not a hand out’, and in enabling individuals to take control of their lives. However we recognise that earning an income is the first step on the journey away from homelessness, and that a variety of issues can contribute to an individual becoming homeless.

Within our pages you'll find everything from big name interviews to in-depth features and grassroots campaigns. Our award- winning writers cover the news that others won't, and we have a dedicated entertainments section to let you know what you should be doing with your week.