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How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Being out in cold weather can be dangerous, especially if you have nowhere else to go. Here’s how to help people who are homeless in winter
One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them
boarded up empty homes
Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 
John Bird

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'
Homelessness

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'

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New research shows over half of Brits feel more at risk of homelessness than last year
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New research shows over half of Brits feel more at risk of homelessness than last year

1 in 5 Brits say they've sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
John Bird, Big Issue vendors and support workers gather to celebrate the launch of Big Issue's Christmas appeal
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they've sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
A plastic tubbed filled with food donations being passed across a table between people
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
homelessness

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a rough sleeping inquiry
Homelessness

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'

Could these £50,000, eco-friendly tiny homes be the answer to the UK's housing crisis?
Concept CGi for what Tiny Homes may look like.
Tiny homes

Could these £50,000, eco-friendly tiny homes be the answer to the UK's housing crisis?

Warm home discount loophole means pensioners on benefits could miss out on £150 of help
Big Issue vendor Michael Turner in Bristol
Energy bills

Warm home discount loophole means pensioners on benefits could miss out on £150 of help

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: 'We pay solemn tribute'
Prime minister Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street with a veteran
Homelessness

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: 'We pay solemn tribute'

Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless
Homeless deaths tribute
JESS TURTLE

Why we come together to grieve people who died while homeless

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'

'Love is the most powerful emotion there is': Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Opake
Art

'Love is the most powerful emotion there is': Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here's one way you can help
Youth homelessness

Thousands of young people face homelessness every year. Here's one way you can help

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

We've given 50,000 haircuts to homeless people – here's how a simple trim can change everything
Photo of man hugging a woman to illustrate a story about the Haircuts 4 Homeless charity
Homelessness

We've given 50,000 haircuts to homeless people – here's how a simple trim can change everything

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned
Craig Jones

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned

Cash-strapped council warns it's at breaking point as neighbour places homeless people in its town
homeless peoples' tents in street
Homelessness

Cash-strapped council warns it's at breaking point as neighbour places homeless people in its town

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Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'
Homeless families at a protest about council housing
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix 'houses of horror'

'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
A rough sleeper's tent
Rough sleeping

'It should incense us all': Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

Autumn budget: Labour's failure to raise housing benefit to keep up with rents is 'deeply worrying'
a person's hands on a calculator
Housing benefits

Autumn budget: Labour's failure to raise housing benefit to keep up with rents is 'deeply worrying'

What Labour's autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness
a builder's red hard hat
Autumn budget

What Labour's autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness