COEN SLAUGHTER (NSW)

Twenty-one year old Coen Slaughter hails from Rutherford in NSW and joined The Big Issue’s Sydney Street Soccer Program in June 2007. This rising talent has played soccer all his life and looks up to players like Zinedine Zidane…

HAMID ARABI (SA)

Hamid joined The Big Issue’s Adelaide Street Soccer Program in March 2008. Aged 30, he was born in Iran and has been in Australia for 13 years.

Having played soccer previously in Iran, Hamid has enjoyed being part of the Street Soccer Program …

TONI WHELAN (SA)

This vivacious 20 year old from Adelaide is the only female member of the 2008 Street Socceroos team. In June 2007, Toni joined The Big Issue’s Street Soccer Program despite never having played soccer before. She is now getting ready to pit her talents against street …

KEVIN (SKIP) KNIGHT (QLD)

Aged 24, Kevin (known as Skip) played soccer all through school and joined The Big Issue’s Brisbane Street Soccer Program when it commenced in 2006. Born in England, Kevin moved to Australia when he was four.

Kevin has experienced homelessness and mental …

STEVE MALONEY, VICE-CAPTAIN (VIC)

Stevie began training at Atherton Gardens in Melbourne 18 months ago. He originally hails from St Helens in the north-west of England and worked in England and internationally as a successful jockey for 17 years. His work brought him to Australia in 1998. …

David sells The Big Issue at the corner of Rundle and Frome streets, Adelaide.

David was born in Melbourne in its Olympic year (1956), but the first really big event he remembers took place after the family moved to South Australia. He was one of many thousands who watched a certain group of mop-topped Liverpudlians stroll across the tarmac of Adelaide airport.

“I came to Adelaide in 1964 – that was when the Beatles came,” he recalls. “We got to …

As part of the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup Cultural Festival, ACMI Cinemas at Federation Square will be screening two fantastic soccer movies. Both movies are documentaries that highlight the passion that soccer ignites round the world.

Both movies are FREE, reserve tickets through the ACMI Box Office.

Visit www.acmi.net.au for information on all ACMI screenings.

ACMI CInemasAustralian Centre for the Moving ImageFederation Square Melbourne

In the Hands of the Gods (M)

Sun 7 Dec 5.30pm

Benjamin and Gabe Turner, 106 mins, UK, 2007, Betacam. Source/Courtesy: Hopscotch…

As a special pre-Christmas treat, the lovely folk at Icon Films have offered a number of FREE preview screenings around the country for Big Issue readers and friends to experience the new film, Slumdog Millionaire.

From award winning British filmmaker Danny Boyle and written by the Oscar nominated writer of The Full Monty, Slumdog Millionaire is based on the award-winning book Q&A by Indian writer Vikas Swarup and received the 2008 Cadillac People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.

Jamal Malik, …

The Big Issue vendors and friends will present a showcase performance at ACMI Cinemas at Federation Square, after the first day of football action at the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup.

The Big Issue in Melbourne has run a popular series of writing and visual art workshops for the homeless and disadvantaged throughout 2008, including players in the street soccer program. The workshops have been led by some of Melbourne’s most talented artists, including award winning writers Arnold Zable and Alicia Sometimes.

This is a rare opportunity to hear the unique and …

Busk for Change, a three day entertainment extravaganza and fundraiser for the , set Southbank on fire for an entire weekend. With all the money raised and artists time being donated, it was a chance for bands to make a difference and help to generate interest for the Homeless World Cup and its mission to change the lives of homeless people worldwide.

After a hazardous start with rain and wind on the …