Community activism
The Big Issue’s Venue Watch: Hot Box, Chelmsford

The Big Issue’s Venue Watch: Hot Box, Chelmsford
The growing number of grassroots music venues closing across the UK will hit communities hard. Our new initiative aims to do something about it. This week we shine the spotlight on Hot Box in Chelmsford
Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net
Mustard Tree’s Food Club in Manchester is just one of many across the UK helping to keep people afloat in the cost of living crisis
Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem
Faced with a ‘false choice’ between gentrification and ruin, a group of Hastings residents are fighting for an alternative
Community food bank fights eviction by property developer
Community food bank fights eviction by property developer
These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need
These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need
How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London

How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London
‘They’re heroes’: Teens from Young Black Men scheme rescue vulnerable people from burning building
