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Adoption

Letters: Starmer and co aren't changemakers – they're change-talkers 
Letters

Letters: Starmer and co aren't changemakers – they're change-talkers 

Labour should take its lead from the Big Issue's Changemakers we featured in January
James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'
james o'brien
Adoption

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
ballet shoes cast
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
adoption/ Vivianne Grant
Adoption

Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes
ohn Lewis Christmas advert: a young girl arriving at her new foster placement.
Marie-Claire Jones

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes

'Adopted identity is often invisible to society, like it’s something to be ashamed of. But it’s something to be proud of'
Anthony Lynch, photo supplied
Anthony Lynch

'Adopted identity is often invisible to society, like it’s something to be ashamed of. But it’s something to be proud of'

'Being adopted doesn’t define who we are – it's just the foundations that hold us up'
John and Nikita, image supplied
Life

'Being adopted doesn’t define who we are – it's just the foundations that hold us up'

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret
illustration of a children's home
Books

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret

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