The iconic red Big Issue tabard has been featured in a huge 19 metre mural newly erected in Bristol to celebrate efforts to help the West Country city’s homeless population.

The mural has been painted just metres from the heart of Stokes Croft area, where Big Issue’s Bristol offices are based, and arrives weeks before a special gig by the superstar DJ James Hype to raise money for building micro-homes for people experiencing homelessness.

Featured alongside a vendor tabard is a street art recreation of acclaimed photographer Rankin’s portraits of Hype, which appeared on the cover of the Big Issue in August.

The mural aims to raise awareness ahead of the major fundraiser on 22 November, which has been organised by innovative community currency company BillyChip . The fundraiser wil

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