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’Twas the lead-up to Christmas, and all through The Big Issue, we’re celebrating the season with warmth and Big Wish Yous. Melbourne vendor Con is our cover Claus, helping to spread the joy of The Big Wish You: an annual compilation of vendors’ messages of gratitude, reflections on the year that was, and their hopes for 2025. Across an extra eight pages, it’s an edition packed with stories capturing every facet of the most wonderful time of the year – Scrooge himself couldn’t resist.
Homes for Homes, created by The Big Issue, is a simple, sustainable and collaborative solution which raises funds for social and affordable housing through donations from property sales. It’s a promise that property owners make, when a home registered with Homes for Homes sells, 0.1% of the sale price is donated. These funds are pooled and granted to community housing providers to increase the supply of social and affordable housing.