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Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side
UK riots

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side

Moss Side has worked hard to overcome its reputation for violence and gun crime. It's something other parts of the UK could learn from
UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
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UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd's Old Trafford stadium
Manchester United playing football at Old Trafford
Jamie Masraff

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd's Old Trafford stadium

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says
Household support fund

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says

'Nobody should feel on their own': How pubs are stepping up to tackle the UK's loneliness epidemic
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'Nobody should feel on their own': How pubs are stepping up to tackle the UK's loneliness epidemic

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How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK
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Asylum seekers

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions
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Tracey Herrington

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions

'We have the right to live with dignity': More than 55,000 people march for London Trans+ Pride
London Trans+ Pride
Trans pride

'We have the right to live with dignity': More than 55,000 people march for London Trans+ Pride

Keir Starmer's government is bringing power to local communities. We need that in social security
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Ruth Patrick, Hayley Bennett and John Hudson

Keir Starmer's government is bringing power to local communities. We need that in social security

Artist Rhiannon Faith: 'I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope'
Rhiannon Faith, choreographer and artistic director of Rhiannon Faith Company
Dance

Artist Rhiannon Faith: 'I refuse to live in a society where someone feels so alone they lose hope'

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
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Poverty

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on
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Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on

'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
beats bus
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'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
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Housing

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
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Mother's Day

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
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Top 5 books with a sense of place and community, chosen by writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom
Books

Top 5 books with a sense of place and community, chosen by writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Communities
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Communities

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities
Architecture

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities

Inside a warm bank – where Brits struggling with bills are finding shelter: 'The tea helps a lot'
A woman at a library craft class
Warm banks

Inside a warm bank – where Brits struggling with bills are finding shelter: 'The tea helps a lot'

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Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community
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Cost of living crisis

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community

How my pursuit for solutions to our social poverty problems took me to Lowestoft
John Bird and Peter Aldous visit a community in Lowestoft
John Bird

How my pursuit for solutions to our social poverty problems took me to Lowestoft

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
FoodCycle guest
Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

We started as a boxing gym – now we’re a whole community
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We started as a boxing gym – now we’re a whole community