A quarter of a century ago social enterprise The Big Issue tried the radical idea of getting homeless people selling a magazine. Now they are familiar on any city street and their prsence has changed attitudes and also turned around the lives of many vendors who have found connection and self esteem through their very visible job.
Produced By: Annie Hastwell
Featured In Story: Vernon, Big Issue vendor, and Amy Hetherington, editor, The Big Issue
First aired on The Wire, Wednesday, 16 June 2021