Children

The Big Issue's Summer Survival Guide: Helping families through the holidays in a cost of living crisis
Summer survival guide/ Image of children playing
Summer survival guide

The Big Issue's Summer Survival Guide: Helping families through the holidays in a cost of living crisis

Poorest parents spend three times more on childcare than the richest
Childcare

Poorest parents spend three times more on childcare than the richest

'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
record temperatures/ carers of disabled children/ image of child in wheelchair
Heatwave

'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave

Child poverty: Two-fifths of children under five are missing key developmental milestones
Child poverty

Child poverty: Two-fifths of children under five are missing key developmental milestones

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents
Social mobility

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents

Care leavers campaign for better support: 'We don't have a great start in life when we turn 18'
Social Justice

Care leavers campaign for better support: 'We don't have a great start in life when we turn 18'

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations
Social Justice

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen's Jubilee
Welfare system

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen's Jubilee

Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?
Bananas and Wotsits
Food

Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?

Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’
Education

Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’

The Big Exchange: Make an ethical investment for your child's future this Christmas
The Big Exchange

The Big Exchange: Make an ethical investment for your child's future this Christmas

Plastic-free presents for babies, toddlers and children this Christmas
Ethical Shopping

Plastic-free presents for babies, toddlers and children this Christmas

Pandemic effect on deprived children's health could last into adulthood
children's health
health inequality

Pandemic effect on deprived children's health could last into adulthood

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes
Children in care can be handcuffed under the law as a last resort
Social care

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes

Top tips for your Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition entry from Sarah McIntyre
Art

Top tips for your Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition entry from Sarah McIntyre

‘They call us snowflakes but we’re taking action’: Children speak out in landmark survey
Children's Commissioner
Social Justice

‘They call us snowflakes but we’re taking action’: Children speak out in landmark survey

Ministers commit £17m to help kids cope after year of ‘trauma and anxiety’
A young girl sits at her school desk staring down at her textbook and looking lonely. Mental health
Health

Ministers commit £17m to help kids cope after year of ‘trauma and anxiety’

It seems our government has decided some children don't need care
Carolyne Willow

It seems our government has decided some children don't need care

Millions in funding for kid's health 'unaccounted for' in sugar tax dispute
Social Justice

Millions in funding for kid's health 'unaccounted for' in sugar tax dispute

All the best designs from The Big Issue Kids' Christmas Cover Competition
Art

All the best designs from The Big Issue Kids' Christmas Cover Competition