There are no national statistics on how many homeless people there are in the UK, but
reports show that the number of people who have nowhere to live is rising. Sometimes young
people whose families have broken down end up sleeping on the streets and begging because
they have nowhere else to go.
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| The Big Issue newspaper |
The Big Issue organisation was set up in 1991 to give homeless people the chance to
make an income. It publishes a magazine, called The Big Issue, which is written by
homeless people and then sold by them in the streets. The Big Issue has been very
successful in giving homeless people the chance to make a living and in spreading public
awareness of homelessness and its causes. Now homeless people sell local versions of The
Big Issue on streets all around the world, including South Africa and Russia.
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