Christmas
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Here’s a list of ways to get involved with volunteering on Christmas Day and help people during the festive period
How to recycle your Christmas decorations
How to recycle your Christmas decorations
Wondering how to recycle your Christmas decorations? Here’s everything you need to know
The volunteers helping to make this a special Christmas for care leavers in their community
The volunteers helping to make this a special Christmas for care leavers in their community
The Christmas Dinners project founded by poet Lemn Sissay helps to support care leavers across the country by inviting them to a Christmas party or gifting food hampers.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
Almost 230,000 households are experiencing homelessness this Christmas
Almost 230,000 households are experiencing homelessness this Christmas
These children’s drawings are lighting up their communities for Christmas
These children’s drawings are lighting up their communities for Christmas
Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community if you’re homeless or alone this year
Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community if you’re homeless or alone this year
Big Issue Christmas countdown: 12 reasons you should support our vendors this festive period
Big Issue Christmas countdown: 12 reasons you should support our vendors this festive period
Check out these amazing Christmas houses decorated for charity
Check out these amazing Christmas houses decorated for charity
‘The lights are so beautiful’: Refugees on their first Christmas in the UK
‘The lights are so beautiful’: Refugees on their first Christmas in the UK
Despite the threat of Omicron, glorious uproar will erupt again
Despite the threat of Omicron, glorious uproar will erupt again
What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?
What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?
‘I’m on the carrots!’ MPs join volunteers to cook thousands of Christmas dinners for Londoners
‘I’m on the carrots!’ MPs join volunteers to cook thousands of Christmas dinners for Londoners
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Meet the musicians bringing songs to the doorsteps of vulnerable people this Christmas
Meet the musicians bringing songs to the doorsteps of vulnerable people this Christmas
‘Where on earth is the chancellor?’ – hospitality sector in crisis as public told to limit socialising
‘Where on earth is the chancellor?’ – hospitality sector in crisis as public told to limit socialising
On the ground with 2,000 refugees spending Christmas in Calais
On the ground with 2,000 refugees spending Christmas in Calais
Meet ex-homeless man ‘Mr Christmas’ who has decorated his house with 17,500 lights for charity
Meet ex-homeless man ‘Mr Christmas’ who has decorated his house with 17,500 lights for charity
Drop a gift under Social Bite’s Christmas trees to help homeless people this winter
Drop a gift under Social Bite’s Christmas trees to help homeless people this winter
Giving feels good, but nothing will ever change if we only offer help without opportunity
Giving feels good, but nothing will ever change if we only offer help without opportunity
The smell of Christmas trees is not just a portal to the past, but a path to a better future
The smell of Christmas trees is not just a portal to the past, but a path to a better future
Affordable and ethical gift ideas for budgets from £10 to £100
Affordable and ethical gift ideas for budgets from £10 to £100
Are songs written by robots the sound of Christmas future?
Are songs written by robots the sound of Christmas future?
The homelessness charity hoping to serve 200 Christmas dinners in a train station
The homelessness charity hoping to serve 200 Christmas dinners in a train station
‘It feels like a never-ending conveyer belt’: The people giving up on Christmas consumerism
