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

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
Food poverty

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
Activism

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
Food banks

Community food bank fights eviction by property developer

These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need
Activism

These people quit their jobs to help neurodivergent adults get the support they need

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How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London
Community activism

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
Community heroes

‘They’re heroes’: Teens from Young Black Men scheme rescue vulnerable people from burning building