{"id":318600,"date":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1482357"},"modified":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","slug":"big-issue-marks-30th-anniversary-with-new-campaign-against-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/19\/big-issue-marks-30th-anniversary-with-new-campaign-against-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Issue marks 30th anniversary with new campaign against homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Big Issue<\/em> is launching a fresh campaign against homelessness to mark the magazine\u2019s 30th anniversary. Its Stop Mass Homelessness Campaign comes amid warnings of an increase in the number of people being made homeless unless action is taken.<\/p>\n<h5>Still a big issue<\/h5>\n<p><em>The Big Issue<\/em> has helped more than 105,000 vendors earn more than \u00a3144m since its launch with its drive to tackle poverty by giving its magazine sellers sellers a \u201chand up, not a hand out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a special edition this week, readers will be urged to join the new campaign, and read interviews with former vendors.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Big Issue<\/em> said that despite government support, a household was made homeless every three-and-a-half hours in the UK during the first three months of 2021. Evictions and repossessions will be returning to pre-pandemic levels when the government\u2019s furlough scheme ends next week, it warned.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START PA Quote --><\/p>\n<figure><script async src=\"https:\/\/content-embed.pressassociation.com\/embeds.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END PA Quote --><\/p>\n<p><em>The Big Issue<\/em> urged the government to take action such as paying off rent arrears and helping those unable to pay their rent or mortgage due to coronavirus (Covid-19) poverty, suspending no fault evictions and providing jobs and training in sustainable industries.<\/p>\n<p>Lord John Bird, founder of <em>The Big Issue<\/em>, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last three decades \u2013 it is amazing to see how many people we have helped during this time.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank everyone who has been a part of making us what we are, from our staff and vendors to our customers and supporters \u2013 we couldn\u2019t have done this without you.<\/p>\n<p>To me, one of the biggest challenges we face now is working to prevent mass homelessness occurring in the coming period.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why The Big Issue is so relevant today, to ensure we campaign to stop people slipping into homelessness because of Covid poverty and facing a vast increase of mental illness and other deep health problems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>The next issue<\/h5>\n<p>The special edition magazine includes an interview with <em>Big Issue<\/em> vendor Monica, who said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Big Issue changes my life every day. It helps me to get up in the morning, to go and work and helps me look after my children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Benedict Cumberbatch, Bryan Adams, Sadiq Khan, Aisling Bea, Gordon Brown, Sophie Winkleman, and Vicky McClure are among supporters interviewed in this week\u2019s edition. There is also an interview with <em>Big Issue<\/em> ambassador Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, who sold the magazine as a teenager before turning her life around to become a celebrated author and one of the most senior female fire service officers in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>By <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/author\/thecanary\/\">The Canary<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/uk\/news\/2021\/09\/19\/big-issue-marks-30th-anniversary-with-new-campaign-against-homelessness\/\">The Canary<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The magazine has helped over 105,000 vendors earn more than \u00a3144 million since its launch.<\/p>\n<p>By <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/author\/thecanary\/\">The Canary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35545,2665,94,4,1395,1288],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318601,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318600\/revisions\/318601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}