LORENSO (ENSO) NEGHAD (VIC)

Enso has been a regular face at The Big Issue’s Melbourne Street Soccer Program since it began in 2004. Born in Tehran, Iran, the 33 year old has been playing soccer all his life. …

ALEX MARSHALL, CAPTAIN (NSW) 2008

At 25, Sydney-based Alex is proudly representing his country as the Captain of the Street Socceroos. Alex began playing soccer as a 4 year-old for local club, St Andrews Eastwood. He’s also played for his university and joined The Big Issue Sydney Street Soccer …

Bunbury’s new community street soccer program for homeless and marginalised people is held its first “come and try” day from 3:30pm – 5.30 pm on Tuesday, November 18.

And no-one needed to be a soccer star to join in. Men and women of all ages and ability were invited to get down to The Recreation Ground in Bunbury, for a fun kick around.

Run by street magazine The Big Issue, the street soccer program gets together people who are homeless or marginalised for weekly training and matches.

The program uses physical activity as …

Players from The Big Issue’s Street Soccer Program celebrated their achievements at the Sydney Best and Fairest Awards held at the Poolside Café at Andrew Boy Charlton Pool in Sydney on Tuesday night.

The Best and Fairest Awards celebrate the dedication and commitment of homeless and marginalised people, who are using the Street Soccer Program as a way of making positive changes in their lives.

Joining the players were special guests, the Federal Minister for Housing and Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek and SBS Presenter and Commentator, Les Murray. They praised the …

Players from The Big Issue’s Street Soccer Program in Brisbane celebrated their achievements at the Brisbane Best and Fairest Awards last night.

The Best and Fairest Awards celebrate the dedication and commitment of homeless and marginalised people, who are using the Street Soccer Program as a way of making positive changes in the lives.

Brisbane Roar FC player, Hyuk Su Seo, joined in the celebrations and he praised the spirit and dedication of players as they …

The Big Issue’s Street Soccer Program threw away the red carpet, ditched the diamantes and tossed the silver cutlery as they celebrated their achievements at the 2008 Melbourne Best and Fairest Awards on Wednesday, October 1.

With oodles of yummy pasta and pizzas galore at La Porchetta in North Melbourne, the players, were joined by coach George Halkias, family, volunteers, supporters and sponsors, along with Melbourne Victory FC players, Michael Theoklitos and Daniel Vasilevski.

While the focus of the evening was presenting …

We are delighted o announce the ambassadors of the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup: the face of the world game in Australia, Mr Les Murray AM; former Australian Socceroo Mr Craig Foster; captain of Melbourne Victory FC Mr Kevin Muscat; and Australian women’s soccer team goalkeeper, the Matildas’ Ms Melissa Barbieri.

Mr Murray said he was humbled to be an ambassador of the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup. “Football to me transcends colour, race or creed. I have witnessed football’s …

Keep your eyes open as The Big Issue’s new advertising campaign has now hit the streets!

The campaign incorporates outdoor media, television, radio and on-line and will run nationally in capital cities where The Big Issue magazine is sold. It uses our local vendors, humour and the admired endorsement of media personality, George Negus, to reach our audience.

The Big Issue vendors were consulted during the development stages, showing an overwhelmingly positive response to the content and style of the campaign. Some vendors …

BHP Billiton has been a big supporter of the community Street Soccer Program and the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup. On the morning of the National Championships at the Docklands last week they shed their winter coats, got their legs moving and joined with teams from Melbourne Cares, City of Melbourne, The Big Issue, Macquarie and Thoughtworks for the Corporate Cup.

Following nine action-packed matches, BHP Billion and Macquarie meet in the final where BHP Billion got up 6-4 to take the …