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We’re on the streets in Cardiff for our Big Community Roadshow. Come tell us your big issues

Our Big Community Roadshow is in full swing in Cardiff. Big Issue reporters and outreach teams are on the ground in the Welsh capital. There’s still time to come and see us

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Big Issue’s Big Community Roadshow is gripping the streets of Cardiff with our reporters and outreach staff taking part in a busy line-up of community events in the Welsh capital.

Our editorial team is in the city until Wednesday (14 May) speaking to the public and finding out the stories that matter to the people of Cardiff and South Wales.

From a universal basic income to the reality of renting in the city. From 10 years of Future Generations to which way the people of Cardiff will vote in next year’s Senedd elections. We’ve got the big issues covered while we’re in the city.

If you have a story to tell us then we have an open door and encourage people to drop in, to meet us, to learn about Big Issue and alert the team to topics you feel that the Big Issue should be covering. Meet us at PWSH Centre at 111 Queen Street from 10am-5pm, Monday to Wednesday.

Meanwhile, our outreach teams hit the streets to drum up support for our Poverty Zero campaign. We’re calling on governments to set poverty reduction targets and hold them legally accountable to those commitments. Sign our petition to back the campaign.

A five-a-side football tournament was also held to honour much-loved Big Issue vendor Mark Richards, who died last year after more than a decade selling the magazine on Cardiff’s Queen Street. The Mark Richards Memorial Football Tournament took place at Gôl Cardiff to raise funds for the Street Football Wales team to attend the Homeless World Cup in Oslo this August.

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There’s still time to get a ticket to the free Big Issue Debate – a Question Time-style live event open to the people of Cardiff to come armed with questions and ideas for a panel of experts and community leaders to consider.

Chaired by Big Issue UK editor Paul McNamee, the expert panel will include Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Derek Walker, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Rocio Cifuentes MBE, investigative journalist Will Hayward, business expert Dylan Jones-Evans MBE and Counsel General and Minister for Delivery Julie James MS. Big Issue founder Lord John Bird is also set to join.

The people of Cardiff have been backing our Poverty Zero campaign
Big Issue staff have been on Cardiff’s streets all week. Image: Exposure Photo Agency

Register for your ticket on Eventbrite ahead of the event that will take place at Cornerstone Cardiff from 7pm on Wednesday.

There’s still time to catch us while we’re in Cardiff. Don’t delay!

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