Social Justice

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’
A performance from Big Issue Changemaker Heart n Soul
Social Justice

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’

Heart n Soul was recently recognised as one of Big Issue’s 2026 Changemakers for amplifying the work of artists with learning disabilities and autism
‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here’s what it means for you
Martin Lewis
Money

‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here’s what it means for you

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’
Wayne Ellaway Homeless World Cup
Homelessness

Wales homeless football team faces race against time to survive: ‘We’re at breaking point’

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Period poverty forces UK women to use newspaper instead of sanitary products: ‘It’s unacceptable’
Period poverty

Period poverty forces UK women to use newspaper instead of sanitary products: ‘It’s unacceptable’

Carer’s allowance turns 50: ‘I keep the money side of things from her, I don’t want her to worry’
Unpaid carers

Carer’s allowance turns 50: ‘I keep the money side of things from her, I don’t want her to worry’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here’s what it means for you
Martin Lewis
Money

‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here’s what it means for you

Period poverty forces UK women to use newspaper instead of sanitary products: ‘It’s unacceptable’
Sanitary towels
Period poverty

Period poverty forces UK women to use newspaper instead of sanitary products: ‘It’s unacceptable’

How gambling and domestic abuse are plunging women into homelessness
Mercy Denedo, Liz Riley

How gambling and domestic abuse are plunging women into homelessness

The US-Iran war creates a ‘perfect storm’ for the UK’s food supply ‘hitting the poorest hardest’
Image of a woman working at a food bank
Social Justice

The US-Iran war creates a ‘perfect storm’ for the UK’s food supply ‘hitting the poorest hardest’

Advice & support

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Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
a man chops vegetables on a table behind an older man
Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

What is child benefit and can I claim it?
Welfare system

What is child benefit and can I claim it?

Facts and figures

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What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Child poverty

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

Food banks

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What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?
Volunteering

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’
Children together writing on book
Cost of living

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain
a British Muslim family breaking their fast during Ramadan
Cost of living

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Peeblesshire Foodbank in the Trussell network.
Food banks

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?

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How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’
A performance from Big Issue Changemaker Heart n Soul
Social Justice

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
band practice at Kingston Carers Network
Changemakers

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say
school children at desks
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis