Today was the first time since the beginning of March that I'd seen someone selling the Big Issue outside Spar. It was the lady with the headscarf, who used to come when it was busy in Hay, rather than the regular chap who used to sell on that pitch, but she's been to Hay often enough that she recognised me when I bought a magazine.
Over the lockdown period, when it was impossible to sell magazines on the street, Big Issue did a deal with the Co-op to sell the magazine from their stores, so that the street vendors could still get some sort of income. I don't know if that's going to continue.
There are worries that homelessness is going to rise this winter, as the government ends the eviction ban that has been in place over the lockdown period, so the help that Big Issue can give is more important than ever.
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