Children

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

A new podcast is asking why so many children experience danger and violence across the UK – and what can be done to keep them safe
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
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
Lisa Mainwaring

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end 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

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

I'm a volunteer at Childline. Our calls matter to children in times of need
Childline counsellor
Jenny Cockle

I'm a volunteer at Childline. Our calls matter to children in times of need

If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was growing up, my family's story would be very different 
Peppa and little brother George wearing a hearing aid
George Crockford

If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was growing up, my family's story would be very different 

Can Labour's new code help child victims of crime get justice?
Violence against women and girls

Can Labour's new code help child victims of crime get justice?

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened
Sadiq Khan serves dinner
Free school meals

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened

Peace, AI and 'six-seven': Oxford reveals children's words of the year
Language

Peace, AI and 'six-seven': Oxford reveals children's words of the year

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: 'Money is never enough'
Family hubs

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: 'Money is never enough'

Gambling harm is on the rise among children and young people. Action is long overdue
Kevin McKenna MP

Gambling harm is on the rise among children and young people. Action is long overdue

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'
A stock image of a mother with two babies. Image: Unsplash
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'

While we celebrate Christmas in the UK, this is the harsh reality of life for children in Gaza
Children in Gaza.
Alison Griffin

While we celebrate Christmas in the UK, this is the harsh reality of life for children in Gaza