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Social activism

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Activism

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 do Big Issue sellers make money?
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

Our vendors are running their own micro-businesses. Here’s how they make money

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?
Activism

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?

From an award-winning magazine to investment in sustainable social enterprises, The Big Issue has been dismantling poverty through opportunity for more than 30 years

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?
Activism

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?

From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation
Exclusive

From warehouses to Wembley: A day with Sleaford Mods, voice of a troubled nation

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My Dog Sighs: ‘The power of art is it makes people look at the world in a different way’
Interview

My Dog Sighs: ‘The power of art is it makes people look at the world in a different way’

Do you know a change maker? Send us your nominations!
Changemakers

Do you know a change maker? Send us your nominations!

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working
Childcare crisis

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working

I spent a night with activists plastering over adverts demanding a general election
Activism

I spent a night with activists plastering over adverts demanding a general election

Everything you needed to know about volunteering to get stuck in
Volunteering

Everything you needed to know about volunteering to get stuck in

‘It’s about making the invisible visible’: A day at the UK’s only festival for homeless people
Homelessness

‘It’s about making the invisible visible’: A day at the UK’s only festival for homeless people

Explained: This is your right to protest and how police can restrict it
Activism

Explained: This is your right to protest and how police can restrict it

The musicians helping to change young people’s lives in Reading
Charity

The musicians helping to change young people’s lives in Reading

‘Don’t forget Afghanistan’: The kite festival with a message
Afghanistan

‘Don’t forget Afghanistan’: The kite festival with a message

How fan-owned football clubs are putting the power in the hands of the supporters
Football

How fan-owned football clubs are putting the power in the hands of the supporters

How mutual aid and community action groups set up through Covid are tackling the cost of living crisis
Mutual aid

How mutual aid and community action groups set up through Covid are tackling the cost of living crisis

These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap
Community activism

These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap

People are leaving fake Google reviews to tell Russians what’s really happening in Ukraine
Ukraine Invasion

People are leaving fake Google reviews to tell Russians what’s really happening in Ukraine

Trans rights charities call for ‘concrete action’ after MPs debate Gender Recognition Act reform
LGBTQ+

Trans rights charities call for ‘concrete action’ after MPs debate Gender Recognition Act reform

A trashed phone box has been bought for £1 and transformed into a community hub
Charity

A trashed phone box has been bought for £1 and transformed into a community hub

Social investment could create ‘36,000 jobs in our most deprived communities’
Social enterprise

Social investment could create ‘36,000 jobs in our most deprived communities’

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Meet Ethical Unicorn, the Instagram activist making waves about climate change
Influencers

Meet Ethical Unicorn, the Instagram activist making waves about climate change

Sex workers reveal the shocking things police say when they report violence and harassment
Social Justice

Sex workers reveal the shocking things police say when they report violence and harassment

Student who made sanitary pads in lockdown sends thousands to Uganda for Christmas
Period poverty

Student who made sanitary pads in lockdown sends thousands to Uganda for Christmas

What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?
Music

What happened when Sam Fender helped out at his local foodbank?