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'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured
Changemakers

'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Politics and activism
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Politics and activism

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Environment and climate
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Environment and climate

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025
Changemakers 2025

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
Activism

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'

'We are all connected': A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais
Immigration

'We are all connected': A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
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2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
My Big Year

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'

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TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: 'Kids should not be going without food in this country'
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Child poverty

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: 'Kids should not be going without food in this country'

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember
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Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
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Charity

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need

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