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From prison cell to homeless, how a new law will give former convicts a better chance at turning their lives around
Rehabilitation

From prison cell to homeless, how a new law will give former convicts a better chance at turning their lives around

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Aisha/ Learning disability
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know
Refugee Week

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower
Grenfell

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O’Brien in the 1975 movie adaptation. Image: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo
another dimension

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'

Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II
Witches of World War II:
history

Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II

‘My partner died of Aids and no one knew because it was illegal to be gay in the armed forces’
patrick/ gay in the military
LGBT+ veterans

‘My partner died of Aids and no one knew because it was illegal to be gay in the armed forces’

Families are the invisible victims of addiction forgotten by our healthcare system
Addiction

Families are the invisible victims of addiction forgotten by our healthcare system

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?
Manchester street engagement hub set up to tackle begging
Homelessness

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?

People were sacked and imprisoned for being gay in the armed forces. Now they are fighting for justice
gay ban military
LGBT+ veterans

People were sacked and imprisoned for being gay in the armed forces. Now they are fighting for justice

Are we witnessing the end of self-employed creatives?
Hispanic lady studying on netbook while writing information in notepad
Work

Are we witnessing the end of self-employed creatives?

From easyJet pilot to Just Stop Oil: Is this the UK’s most radical career change?
Just stop oil

From easyJet pilot to Just Stop Oil: Is this the UK’s most radical career change?

Disabled people are being left out of the climate conversation
two wheelchair users on a subway platform in Taiwan
Environment

Disabled people are being left out of the climate conversation

How communities are tackling the digital divide
Digital inclusion

How communities are tackling the digital divide

28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023
campaign
Campaigning

28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The council wants to demolish Aysen's home. She's staying until the bitter end
Aylesbury estate
Social housing

The council wants to demolish Aysen's home. She's staying until the bitter end

More than 8 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Europe but only 1 in 3 have found work
Ukraine

More than 8 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Europe but only 1 in 3 have found work

‘I’ve had two eviction notices while battling cancer’: How Cornwall’s renters are facing homelessness
Cornwall housing crisis is putting families at risk of homelessness
Homelessness

‘I’ve had two eviction notices while battling cancer’: How Cornwall’s renters are facing homelessness

What next for Carly Burd, the woman whose allotment sabotage became a story of hope?
Carly Burd standing in her allotment holding a shovel and smiling
Crowdfunding

What next for Carly Burd, the woman whose allotment sabotage became a story of hope?