Health

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 
Olive Munro and her husband Ronnie. Image: Alzheimer's Research UK
Dementia

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 

Olive Munro is a 75-year-old living in Loch Tay, Perthshire. She writes that diagnosis is not something to fear. It gives you power
Our dementia research is bringing new hope for a cure – and already changing lives
Larry Woelk, who has mild cognitive impairment, and wife Rita
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Our dementia research is bringing new hope for a cure – and already changing lives

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them
A clock with a moon and clouds to illustrate night carers
Essay

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them

The BIGGER Issue Puts Barriers to Eye Care in Focus
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The BIGGER Issue Puts Barriers to Eye Care in Focus

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds' famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?
Health inequality

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds' famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
As Britain's health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?
New prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Mark Heffernan

As Britain's health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?

What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?
Andy Burnham arriving at 10 Downing Street. Image: Kirsty O'Connor/ No 10 Downing Street
Alexa Knight

What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?

Four Myths That Stop People Getting Their Eyes and Ears Tested
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Four Myths That Stop People Getting Their Eyes and Ears Tested

'At your sick child's bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially'
Michael Duffy, who is now a healthy five-year-old but had an aggressive form of childhood cancer.
Employment rights

'At your sick child's bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially'

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them
workers
Carolyn Hayman

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them

Five ways to support autistic people on Autistic Pride Day
Scrabble pieces reading autism in two hands
Alexis Quinn

Five ways to support autistic people on Autistic Pride Day

Homeless people will be given free flu jabs this year. Here's why it could save lives
A woman receiving a vaccine. Image: Unsplash
Sharon Hodgson

Homeless people will be given free flu jabs this year. Here's why it could save lives

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
An NHS mural on a pavement
Health

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing
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How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing

Dr Ranj Singh: 'I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort'
Letter To My Younger Self

Dr Ranj Singh: 'I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort'

Unpaid carers of parents with dementia are propping up the NHS and social care system
Dr Jackie Gray
Jackie Gray

Unpaid carers of parents with dementia are propping up the NHS and social care system

How getting young people into sport could save the UK millions
A boy playing football
Jamie Masraff

How getting young people into sport could save the UK millions

Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: 'I see a generation that is trying hard'
Big Issue Recruit's Catherine Parsons interviewing Alan Milburn.
Catherine Parsons

Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: 'I see a generation that is trying hard'

I work with pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza. Every day, they have to fight for survival
A young mother with her baby in Gaza City
Samaher Said

I work with pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza. Every day, they have to fight for survival

How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again
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How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again

One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life
homelessness dying with dignity
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One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Love Island winner Toni Laites: 'My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings'
Toni Laites is Love Island's first American contestant.
Interview

Love Island winner Toni Laites: 'My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings'

London’s community gardens show it’s not just a diesel-choked city on its last legs
a child picking tomatoes in Dagenham
Richard Sharp

London’s community gardens show it’s not just a diesel-choked city on its last legs

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition