The Vendors
Our vendors come from all walks of life and tell many different stories. Some are homeless; some have physical or intellectual disabilities and some are struggling with addictions. All of our vendors have been marginalized through their circumstances and are looking to improve their lives.
Every issue of The Big Issue features a vendor profile: read some of them here.
Vendors undertake training with vendor support workers and they sign a code of conduct before they can sell the magazine. All vendors are required to wear their Big Issue identity badge while they sell The Big Issue magazine.
It is important not to buy a magazine from an unbadged vendor. Our vendors only sell The Big Issue magazine and over the Christmas period The Big Issue calendar.
You can find vendors in all the State capitals except Tasmania and Darwin where we don’t as yet have Big Issue offices to coordinate the vendors and distribute magazines.
We have some vendors in some regional areas including Geelong, Wangaratta, Ballarat, Bendigo, Traralgon, Whyalla and Mandura.
Where is your nearest Big Issue vendor?
No local vendors?
Buy your copy of The Big Issue from The Body Shop or subscribe for 6 months or a year.
Be reassured that the money from these sales supports the vendors by supporting the organisation.
