The Big Issueand Other Street Papers: A Response To Homelessness

Abstract

This paper concerns The Big Issue, a magazine that is sold on the streets by homeless people in the UK, and describes how it was started, who reads it and how the homeless are involved. It also describes the work of The Big Issue Foundation and discusses the growing number of street papers being produced in many other countries and the development of an international network of street papers. © 1997, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.