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'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured

'This is definitely a pinch-me moment': Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured
Responses to our Top 100 Changemakers of 2025 list
Too many babies don't have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is trying to change that

Too many babies don't have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is trying to change that
'Flooding can break people': This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands

'Flooding can break people': This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
'It can't stay like this': Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves

'It can't stay like this': Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
We run free football sessions for kids – but the impact of our work goes well beyond the pitch

We run free football sessions for kids – but the impact of our work goes well beyond the pitch
'Turning trauma into triumph': This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system

'Turning trauma into triumph': This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives

'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back

Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back
How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community
FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community

Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community
Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Community grocers have become the nation's safety net

Community grocers have become the nation's safety net
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
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
