Children

'Mummy, are we homeless?': I'm a single parent and it's locking me out of the housing market
Ruth Talbot, founder of Single Parent Rights.
Ruth Talbot

'Mummy, are we homeless?': I'm a single parent and it's locking me out of the housing market

Ruth Talbot, the founder of Single Parent Rights, writes about her experience of struggling to find housing as a single parent – and what needs to change
Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: 'They miss out'
Azuriah at an activity with his mum, Natalie
disability

Meet the parents struggling to find summer holiday clubs for disabled children: 'They miss out'

North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen
person with head down
Social Justice

North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen

Arts education is not an add-on for SEND education. It is the missing piece
Lizzie Kitto

Arts education is not an add-on for SEND education. It is the missing piece

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: 'Nobody cares about us'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Ludovico Einaudi follows Coldplay in fundraiser to help boost kids' creativity
Ludovico Einaudi
Competition

Ludovico Einaudi follows Coldplay in fundraiser to help boost kids' creativity

Bluey composer Joff Bush: 'We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music'
Music

Bluey composer Joff Bush: 'We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music'

104 children's deaths linked to living in temporary accommodation: 'We should be outraged'
An image of a baby
Homelessness

104 children's deaths linked to living in temporary accommodation: 'We should be outraged'

'I've worked with children for 30 years. Things have never been so tough for families'
Juliea Morris is a Family Centre Manager in Woking, Surrey.
Juliea Morris

'I've worked with children for 30 years. Things have never been so tough for families'

How did you keep safe when you were a child? Why I ask every podcast guest that question
Photo of a mother hugging a child
Ciaran Thapar

How did you keep safe when you were a child? Why I ask every podcast guest that question

Playrise: Even in a war zone, children need the chance to play. We're making it possible
Children affected by war playing
Ariana Mouyiaris

Playrise: Even in a war zone, children need the chance to play. We're making it possible

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Kids Cover Competition!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Kids Cover Competition!

This is the reality of life for millions of children facing war in the Middle East
A search and rescue in Baalbek, Lebanon
Flutra Gorana

This is the reality of life for millions of children facing war in the Middle East

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Image of child in school
Lisa Mainwaring

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children
Sarah, a kinship carer who took in her two-year-old nephew.
Kinship carers

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
Diane Johnson

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
Cara Roughani and her son Jayden.
SEND

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
Children in a classroom
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
Gaby and David Boast and their daughter Nellie.
SEND

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
The hosts of Autism Dadcast, Gaz Hitchin (left) and Andy Williams (right).
SEND

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own
Sara and her daughter Ava.
SEND

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
Kimberly Hind and son Harvey
SEND

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: 'It nearly killed us emotionally and financially'
Big Issue has spoken to a number of families with children with SEND who have struggled to navigate the system.
SEND

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: 'It nearly killed us emotionally and financially'

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?
Letters

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Books

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story