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The Homeless World Cup co-founder and social entrepreneur Mel Young MBE has won the coveted Edinburgh Award. The award was officially presented last week at a civic reception at the City Chambers by the Lord Provost, Robert Aldridge.

The Homeless World Cup co-founder and social entrepreneur Mel Young MBE is to receive the prestigious Edinburgh Award. Mel Young MBE has been selected to receive the accolade from a shortlist of nominations cast by the Edinburgh public. He will receive an engraved Loving Cup from the city’s Lo

The Homeless World Cup Foundation and The Big Issue South Korea have announced that the 2024 Homeless World Cup will take place in Seoul, the first time the Homeless World Cup has been held in Asia since the tournament was introduced in 2003. The Seoul 2024 Homeless World Cup, set to take place in O

Big Issue Group is calling on businesses to back a new UK wide recruitment service called ‘Big Issue Recruit’. The service offers people who are further from the labour market access to their desired job roles by pairing them with personal Job Coaches.

Pupils from St Bernard’s Primary School in Glasgow celebrate the special edition of The Big Issue in partnership with Social Enterprise Academy, with Big Issue vendor, Anabel. (Photo: Jeff Holmes) The Big Issue magazine will be sold by pupils from the participating schools across May and June

The UK Government must complete and publish a full assessment of the impact on renters of their decisions to freeze Local Housing Allowance and cut Universal Credit, which risk pushing many households into poverty, problem debt, and homelessness, according to a number of housing groups.

The UK Government has been warned of an impending rent crisis in the UK following the reintroduction of a national lockdown. The warning came in a joint statement from the National Residential Landlords Association, The Big Issue and Ride Out Recession Alliance, Shelter, ARLA Propertymark, the

Simon Community Scotland has teamed up with third sector organisations, businesses, Glasgow City Council and the city's Health & Social Care Partnership (GCHSCP) to launch a new alternative giving scheme for people involved in street begging.

Sellers of The Big Issue across the UK will now have access to cashless technology in a bid to boost sales.

A motion has been lodged at the Scottish Parliament which pays tribute to a Big Issue vendor who died earlier this month.

(from left) Diners George Watson, Stewart Rosie and Gary Baker with Layla Gassabi of Maison Bleue restaurants Homeless people in Edinburgh have been treated to a fine dining meal at a chic new restaurant for the first time.

The 2016 Homeless World Cup is to be held in Glasgow, it was announced yesterday. The Homeless World Cup Foundation said the seven day tournament, which will take place on George Square, will be “the most inspiring place on the planet”.

Today's Homeless Spotlight article sees The Big Issue highlight the work it does, where it operates in Scotland, the problems facing many of its vendors and the benefits of selling the magazine. Portrait by local artist Karen Bates of Edinburgh vendors who were working with The Big Issue around a ye

Over a quarter (28 per cent) of social housing tenants are missing out on huge savings by using cash to pay for bills, goods and services, rather than direct debit, according to new research. For many low income families paying in cash, this ‘poverty premium’ has been calculated to amount to mor