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Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Changemakers

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place

Nominations are now open for you to celebrate the people and organisations making a positive difference to communities across the UK. Do you have a local hero? Is there an innovative organisation you know that provides vital support? Tell us about them!
Why British sauna culture is picking up steam
Health

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam

When speaking out about racism costs you everything
Hameeda Khan
Hameeda Khan

When speaking out about racism costs you everything

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement

There's a looming crisis for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse
Melissa

There's a looming crisis for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic abuse

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more
Big Issue Invest

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Anti Racist Cumbria - three people holding hands and skipping
Racism

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence
Civil rights march on Washington D.C. in 1963 by photographer Warren K. Leffler.
Dahaba Ali Hussen

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
In the aisles of a British supermarket.
Food

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality
LGBTQ+

Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality

Big Thief: 'There's much more to humanity than just this awfulness'
Music

Big Thief: 'There's much more to humanity than just this awfulness'

Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
Art

Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future

Glasgow institution Citizens Theatre reopens after a seven-year intermission
Theatre

Glasgow institution Citizens Theatre reopens after a seven-year intermission

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'
independent cafes

Inside the fight to save independent cafes from 'corporate greed and exploitative capitalism'

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
Science

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
Cat Linton

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
A woman holding a sign calling for people to 'Hear us' and 'Believe us'. Image: Simon Tang/ Women for Refugee Women
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool's most deprived areas: 'It would be a grievous blow'
A protest sign at Dovecot Muli Activity Centre in Liverpool
Libraries

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool's most deprived areas: 'It would be a grievous blow'

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: 'It's one of the best things you can do'
Jack at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Image: Arsenal in the Community
Football

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: 'It's one of the best things you can do'

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award
Citizens House in Lewisham
Housing

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?
Politics

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
Community

How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: 'They're not going to beat us'
Community

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: 'They're not going to beat us'

Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
Youngster throws missile at far-right riot In Rotherham
UK riots

Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'