The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

the 2021 FEELGOOD list. • The best thing about 2021 is that it’ll no longer be 2020. While nobody knows just how long it’ll be until the vaccine allows us to get back to normal, there are still plenty of reasons to be cheerful about the arrival of the new year…

TOP 100 CHANGE MAKERS 2021

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The tail-enders • We had such an incredible response to our recent feature about pets helping readers during 2020 that we’ve acquired a whole new menagerie of amazing creatures!

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OUR VENDORS HELP WITH YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS! • New Year – the perfect time to try out a new hobby. Big Issue vendors come from a wide range of backgrounds and have an incredible range of expertise. Each week we ask one of them to share their knowledge. Here are some of their best tips to help inspire your resolutions

OUR BIG ISSUE AMBASSADORS HAD QUITE A RECEPTION!

In tribute • We remember the vendors we lost in 2020

STREET PAPER VENDORS AROUND THE GLOBE INTO 2021 • Every country has been hit by the pandemic – and in every country those hit hardest were people already vulnerable and marginalised. We take a trip around the world to find out how street papers and their vendors have coped – and how they plan for the future

‘IT FELT LIKE I’D DISCOVERED THE VACCINE FOR CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS’ • 2021 will be a crucial year for ending homelessness in the UK, and a groundbreaking scheme called Housing First will be key. The man behind the plan, Sam Tsemberis, tells Liam Geraghty how Covid-19 is both a blessing and a curse

Housing First across the UK

Renaissance man • Even stuck at home, Michael Sheen is still making the world (and our screens) a better place.

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Joe Lycett’s portrait of 2020 • Comedian Joe Lycett has long dabbled in art but taking part in Grayson Perry’s Art Club brought his inimitable style, which has a knack of capturing our crazy times, to the masses. So we asked him to create a masterpiece exclusively for The Big Issue: a portrait that summed up 2020. And he decided to focus on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Here he is…

'STOP EATING CRISPS AND PUSHING YOUR MATE INTO A HEDGE FOR A LAUGH – HELP OUT A BIT' • The way 2020 turned out was quite a shock, but not all the upsets were unpleasant. Who would have thought comedian Bill Bailey would defy the odds to be crowned Strictly champ? He says we can all be happier if we embrace the unexpected. Take it from one who knows...

WHAT YOUR DESK SAYS ABOUT YOU • After hanging up her pugil stick, high-flying, hair-flicking Jet from Gladiators aka Diane Youdale became a psychotherapist with a speciality in ‘desk analysis’, so we picked a line-up of top politicians for her to study. Contenders ready?

WHAT WOULD DAVID BOWIE DO? • Five years after David Bowie died his legend lives on. As we look for a hero to help us rise from the ashes (to ashes) of 2020, who better to draw inspiration from?

REDEMPTION STORY • After the plot twists of 2020, the big screen is going to make a big comeback in 2021, says Terri White

‘Hope felt like a very foreign feeling for such a long time’

Event television • Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series of films was a defining...