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Hannah Westwater
Hannah started writing for The Big Issue in 2018 before joining the team as staff reporter a year later.
‘We don’t know where to start’: Half of UK feels powerless in climate crisis
A fifth of people said feeling unable to make a difference meant they stopped engaging with the climate crisis entirely.
Environment

‘We don’t know where to start’: Half of UK feels powerless in climate crisis

Susie Dent has teamed up with the UN to make a refugee dictionary
Susie Dent is calling on the nation to change the conversation around refugees.
Social Justice

Susie Dent has teamed up with the UN to make a refugee dictionary

Vegan food, LED lights and staycations: hashtags reveal Brits’ eco habits
Hashtags on millions of Instagram posts showed people were going vegan and upcycling old furniture in lockdown.
Environment

Vegan food, LED lights and staycations: hashtags reveal Brits’ eco habits

COP26 school packs ‘no substitute’ for putting climate change on curriculum
The COP26 school packs will include tips for starting climate conversations among pupils plus planet-themed backgrounds to be used on Zoom.
Environment

COP26 school packs ‘no substitute’ for putting climate change on curriculum

Tired of MPs giving briefings to the nation? Here’s how you can make your own
People's podium
Politics

Tired of MPs giving briefings to the nation? Here’s how you can make your own

Why banning halogen lightbulbs will help the climate
LED bulbs last nearly twelve times as long as halogen lightbulbs and cost less to run in the long term.
Environment

Why banning halogen lightbulbs will help the climate

Less than 6% of UK job ads welcome LGBTQ+ applicants
The rate of LGBTQ+ inclusive job adverts in the UK was significantly behind Germany's, where more than 87 per cent of adverts welcomed applications from all sexual orientations and gender identities. pride month
Employment

Less than 6% of UK job ads welcome LGBTQ+ applicants

Pride 2021: How to get involved
Activism

Pride 2021: How to get involved

World Ocean Day: Five easy ways to protect the oceans around the UK
The ocean produces around half of the oxygen we breathe, but the climate crisis is putting it at risk. world ocean day
Environment

World Ocean Day: Five easy ways to protect the oceans around the UK

Free school meals announced for 90,000 more pupils
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, visited schools as the Scottish government launched its universal free school meals scheme for P1-3 in 2015.
News

Free school meals announced for 90,000 more pupils

How is lockdown easing across Britain?
Customers won't need to order a
News

How is lockdown easing across Britain?

No recourse to public funds: What does it mean and who does it affect?
Priti Patel ruled out repealing the no recourse to public funds condition during the pandemic.
Social Justice

No recourse to public funds: What does it mean and who does it affect?

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