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Almost two million people put off having kids because of the housing crisis
Social housing
Housing

Almost two million people put off having kids because of the housing crisis

How a 10-year-old boy’s fiver led to homeless people moving off the streets
Malachi Justin Salvation Army
Housing

How a 10-year-old boy’s fiver led to homeless people moving off the streets

Sleeping rough in bins is on the rise and has deadly consequences
Housing

Sleeping rough in bins is on the rise and has deadly consequences

"I didn't want to be PM": We go on a walk (not a kip) with Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart Walk With 1397 Orlando Gili
News

"I didn't want to be PM": We go on a walk (not a kip) with Rory Stewart

'Dear future me': Care-experienced teens pen letters to their future selves
Dear Future Me
News

'Dear future me': Care-experienced teens pen letters to their future selves

Scottish ministers back bill to make right to free period products law
Social Justice

Scottish ministers back bill to make right to free period products law

Bristol man receives honorary degree for life-changing Housing First project
Jasper Thompson University of Bristol
Housing

Bristol man receives honorary degree for life-changing Housing First project

How The Big Issue is putting period poverty on the agenda
Social Justice

How The Big Issue is putting period poverty on the agenda

Popular Bristol vendor Mike Hall has earned himself a job at WH Smith
Mike Hall
News

Popular Bristol vendor Mike Hall has earned himself a job at WH Smith

Fact/Fiction: Does playing golf as a pensioner extend your life?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does playing golf as a pensioner extend your life?

Here’s five things we learned from Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State
News

Here’s five things we learned from Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Changemakers: Are you being served?
Activism

Changemakers: Are you being served?

Monica Lennon: We must put right to free period products into law
Social Justice

Monica Lennon: We must put right to free period products into law

Giving refugees longer to get back on their feet could save UK £7m
placards reading
Social Justice

Giving refugees longer to get back on their feet could save UK £7m

For flood-hit Welsh communities, insurance is a luxury many can't afford
River Taff at Pontypridd, South Wales, Near Cardiff Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans/Shutterstock
Housing

For flood-hit Welsh communities, insurance is a luxury many can't afford

5 things we learnt from walking with Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart Foreign and Commonwealth Office Flickr
News

5 things we learnt from walking with Rory Stewart

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
EXCLUSIVE: Big Issue and Hey Girls team up on period stigma busting new mag
Social Justice

EXCLUSIVE: Big Issue and Hey Girls team up on period stigma busting new mag

Changemakers: Strength and support go hand in hand
Activism

Changemakers: Strength and support go hand in hand

Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill is “the start of a movement”
Future Generations launch hero
Politics

Lord John Bird’s Future Generations Bill is “the start of a movement”

Home heating is 'unaffordable' for 1 in 10 Scots
News

Home heating is 'unaffordable' for 1 in 10 Scots

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