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31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap over the Christmas holidays, as families face tighter budgets in the school break
‘Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid’
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Letters

‘Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid’

Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk
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Tails, trails and treats: Inside the nation’s love affair with the dog walk

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‘I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here’s what I learned’
Invisible Cities

‘I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here’s what I learned’

‘A wealth tax can only go so far – how about preventing people amassing riches in the first place?’
Letters

‘A wealth tax can only go so far – how about preventing people amassing riches in the first place?’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Four Myths That Stop People Getting Their Eyes and Ears Tested
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Four Myths That Stop People Getting Their Eyes and Ears Tested

How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing
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How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again
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How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again

Money

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Debt is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time to end the stigma so people can get the help they need
Finance

Debt is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time to end the stigma so people can get the help they need

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules are here. What do the changes mean for you?
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Money

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules are here. What do the changes mean for you?

Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
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Money

Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income

How to take a quick look at your financial health in five minutes – and what to do next
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Money

How to take a quick look at your financial health in five minutes – and what to do next

Ethical shopping

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How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy
B Corp Month

How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy

The impact economy: How fair systems build stronger economies
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The impact economy: How fair systems build stronger economies

More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors’ lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff
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More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors’ lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff

One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors
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One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors

Food

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31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday

Zack Polanski says 7p carrots are too cheap. But is it hurting farmers or addressing food poverty?
Zack Polanski
Farming

Zack Polanski says 7p carrots are too cheap. But is it hurting farmers or addressing food poverty?

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience
B Corp Month

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience

Big John: Bingo’s Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism
Food

Big John: Bingo’s Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism