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What happens when Big Issue vendors get smartphone access? Lives transform
Illustration of a hand holding a smartphone with stylised icons representing digital support, money, communication, and connection. Features cheerful characters, a calendar, chat bubbles, and credit card imagery. Includes giffgaff and Big Issue Group logos with the tagline “Connecting people to their potential.”
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What happens when Big Issue vendors get smartphone access? Lives transform

A smartphone can transform lives. Our giffgaff partnership is giving Big Issue vendors digital access, skills and confidence to take cashless payments and escape poverty.
"It's more than just a phone": How digital access is transforming life for Big Issue vendors
A Big Issue vendor named James sits smiling in his wheelchair, holding magazines and a phone. He wears glasses, a red Big Issue beanie, and a dark jacket. The image is surrounded by illustrated elements including a large smartphone displaying glucose monitoring data (showing 10.7 mmol/L), hearts, and cartoon figures using phones. The background is pink with yellow and white decorative lines. The giffgaff and Big Issue Group logos appear in the top right, with the tagline 'Connecting people to their potential'
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"It's more than just a phone": How digital access is transforming life for Big Issue vendors

Inspiring junior global entrepreneurs bringing social businesses to life – with support from Big Issue! 
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Inspiring junior global entrepreneurs bringing social businesses to life – with support from Big Issue! 

giffgaff and Big Issue Partner to Bridge Digital Divide
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giffgaff and Big Issue Partner to Bridge Digital Divide

More than bricks and mortar: how Stonewater is building lives, not just homes
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More than bricks and mortar: how Stonewater is building lives, not just homes

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How to build homes this country needs
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Citroën superfans celebrate the iconic brand's classic past and sustainable future
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Citroën superfans celebrate the iconic brand's classic past and sustainable future

Britain’s renting crisis – what it means, why we got here, and what you can do about it
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Britain’s renting crisis – what it means, why we got here, and what you can do about it

'With poor sight you can feel intensely vulnerable'
Inside a Specsavers store, a man is selecting glasses from a display rack, assisted by a female store employee. They are both focused on choosing the right pair of frames from a wall of options, under a sign that says 'Men'.
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'With poor sight you can feel intensely vulnerable'

Smiley Charity Film Awards celebrates pictures with purpose with Olivia Colman film among winners
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Smiley Charity Film Awards celebrates pictures with purpose with Olivia Colman film among winners

How the Smiley evolved from newspaper icon to movement for a better world 
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How the Smiley evolved from newspaper icon to movement for a better world 

Embracing a kinder economy: the transformative power of B Corps
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giffgaff is up to good
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Download Pocket Money – our free, fun money tips mag for youngsters!
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Building financial confidence: how to talk money with kids
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The Smiley Charity Film Awards present — a powerful minute against immigration misconceptions
Four individuals from the Welsh Refugee Council pose together at the Charity Film Awards, standing in front of a backdrop featuring sponsor logos. From left to right: a jubilant woman holding an award, raising her arm in celebration; a woman with a short hairstyle, dressed in a black outfit with a printed scarf; a smiling man in a tweed jacket and glasses; and a man with salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a blazer over a casual shirt. All look thrilled to have just won an award.
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The Smiley Charity Film Awards present — a powerful minute against immigration misconceptions

Bereavement and finances: a step-by-step guide to managing financial affairs after a loss
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Bereavement and finances: a step-by-step guide to managing financial affairs after a loss

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