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Big Issue's new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening
St Georges Church on the corner of Colegate and Magdalen Street in the city of Norwich, Norfolk captured on a dull and wet Sunday.
Big Grow

Big Issue's new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening

Cancer is even more deadly when you're homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that
health navigators at homeless hostel
Homelessness

Cancer is even more deadly when you're homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?
Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?

Torture survivors face 'gruelling' process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
banner that says 'What Now?'
Disability benefits

Torture survivors face 'gruelling' process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: 'Life is not easy'
Mental health

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: 'Life is not easy'

I'm a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children's mental health
anti-racist
Sanah Ahsan

I'm a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children's mental health

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
child in waterproof jacket
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

Letters: 'This is NOT the Labour Party I have voted for my entire life'
Letters

Letters: 'This is NOT the Labour Party I have voted for my entire life'

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
Lorna Tucker

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy

I'm buying fruit and veg for my kids on 'buy now, pay later'. The two-child benefit cap needs to go
A group of people stands with banners outside the Treasury
Two-child benefit cap

I'm buying fruit and veg for my kids on 'buy now, pay later'. The two-child benefit cap needs to go

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
The Noisy Dinosaur production from Toucan Theatre. Image of two cast members with jellycats
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring statement

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies
debt advice/ call
Mental health

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind
chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the Spring Statement
Laurie Lee

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others
Timothy Samples, pictured with wife Michelle, suffered seizures, a brain injury and a brain tumour
Timothy Samples

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
money
Benefits

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'
mother holding a baby
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'