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I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like
Melanie Vaxevanakis

I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like

The MAZI Project is a small, Bristol-based working to end hunger for young people. Founder Melanie Vaxevanakis writes from the coalface of food poverty
Students call for Tripadvisor-style website to shame landlords over damp and mouldy homes
Photo shows Bristol student Livy Naylor's bathroom, which was plagued by mould issues over the last year
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Students call for Tripadvisor-style website to shame landlords over damp and mouldy homes

This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: 'Please buy a magazine'
James Brewer selling the Big Issue at Bristol Temple Meads Station.
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This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: 'Please buy a magazine'

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'
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Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'

'The art of resistance': Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition
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'The art of resistance': Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests
jen reid bristol protests. Jen Reid stands in front of the new black resin and steel statue portraying her
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‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests

‘Poker chips’ used to give hot drinks to homeless people to launch in Co-op stores
Homelessness

‘Poker chips’ used to give hot drinks to homeless people to launch in Co-op stores

Bristol Council to ask government for powers to bring in rent controls as costs spiral
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Bristol Council to ask government for powers to bring in rent controls as costs spiral

The inspiring story behind the Greggs poker chips used to help rough sleepers
Greggs homeless poker chip
Homelessness

The inspiring story behind the Greggs poker chips used to help rough sleepers

Terminally ill man with weeks to live starts selling The Big Issue to support his two sons when he’s gone
Big Issue vendor Dave Besley with sons Shane and Mark
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Terminally ill man with weeks to live starts selling The Big Issue to support his two sons when he’s gone

Banksy mural picked as British public's favourite work of art
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Banksy mural picked as British public's favourite work of art

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