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Chickens, veg and roses: How to set up a farmer's market side hustle
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Chickens, veg and roses: How to set up a farmer's market side hustle

This 8-year-old boy organised a Christmas toy appeal for children in need
Social Justice

This 8-year-old boy organised a Christmas toy appeal for children in need

Ridley Scott joins forces with youth homelessness charities for new film
Ridley Scott teams up with End Youth Homelessness. Image: End Youth Homelessness
Housing

Ridley Scott joins forces with youth homelessness charities for new film

Care leavers 'failed' by broken residential home system
Youth homelessness figures have been revealed. Image credit: Casey Muir-Taylor / Flickr
News

Care leavers 'failed' by broken residential home system

No repeat of Everyone In efforts to help rough sleepers, says minister
Homeless person
Housing

No repeat of Everyone In efforts to help rough sleepers, says minister

Covid-19 has transformed Big Issue vendor Craig's life - for the better
Big Issue vendor Craig O'Shea in Truro
News

Covid-19 has transformed Big Issue vendor Craig's life - for the better

UK 'sleepwalking' into crisis as household debt skyrockets to £10bn
News

UK 'sleepwalking' into crisis as household debt skyrockets to £10bn

Big Issue vendors laud ‘lifeline’ from interactive subscriptions map
Anthony Okuyedi
News

Big Issue vendors laud ‘lifeline’ from interactive subscriptions map

Liverpool's Andy Robertson 'puts rivalries aside' to tackle food poverty
Andy Robertson credit Liverpool
Activism

Liverpool's Andy Robertson 'puts rivalries aside' to tackle food poverty

Stars join The Big Issue in raising awareness of vendor struggles in lockdown
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Stars join The Big Issue in raising awareness of vendor struggles in lockdown

Climate change threatens UK’s supply of fresh fruit after Brexit, says report
Fruit and vegetable of all colours pile high at a market stand
Environment

Climate change threatens UK’s supply of fresh fruit after Brexit, says report

Big Issue launches eBikes scheme to support people back into work
John Bird ShareBike Louise Haywood Schiefer
Environment

Big Issue launches eBikes scheme to support people back into work

Christopher Eccleston: ‘My gift this Christmas is a Big Issue subscription’
Christopher Eccleston by Johnny Ring
News

Christopher Eccleston: ‘My gift this Christmas is a Big Issue subscription’

Rashford 'proud' as Government announces £400m for children and families
Rashford hero food poverty
Social Justice

Rashford 'proud' as Government announces £400m for children and families

Captain Tom: ‘We've got to look after one another, from beginning to end’
Captain Sir Tom Moore
News

Captain Tom: ‘We've got to look after one another, from beginning to end’

Label food with its impact on the planet, doctors say
Environment

Label food with its impact on the planet, doctors say

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Number of pensioners in rented homes has doubled in the last decade
housing crisis
Housing

Number of pensioners in rented homes has doubled in the last decade

Renters’ lockdown protections will ‘only delay homelessness crisis’
Eviction letter Shutterstock
Housing

Renters’ lockdown protections will ‘only delay homelessness crisis’

Trump has been ‘disastrous’ for US homeless, say street papers
Real Change vendor
Housing

Trump has been ‘disastrous’ for US homeless, say street papers

Charities call for new eviction ban for second English lockdown
The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.
Housing

Charities call for new eviction ban for second English lockdown