Activism

Tower Hamlets estate faces ‘horror’ mould and poor living conditions. Residents are fighting back
Housing

Tower Hamlets estate faces ‘horror’ mould and poor living conditions. Residents are fighting back

Residents of the Nags Head estate in Tower Hamlets are fighting back against their landlord, Peabody, and demanding better living conditions

‘He’s like a caged animal in the flat’: Meet the parents fighting for an adult social care revolution
Social care

‘He’s like a caged animal in the flat’: Meet the parents fighting for an adult social care revolution

Desperate parents have turned to activism for the sake of their disabled children

Big Issue founder John Bird celebrates vendors at House of Lords – and vows to help end destitution
National Vendor Week

Big Issue founder John Bird celebrates vendors at House of Lords – and vows to help end destitution

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird has pledged to “slit the throat of poverty,” as sellers and staff gathered at the House of Lords.

Street Soccer Scotland founder David Duke: ‘You don’t get anything in life without sacrifice’
Letter to my younger self

Street Soccer Scotland founder David Duke: ‘You don’t get anything in life without sacrifice’

9 LGBTQ+ trailblazers who defined and redefined modern Britain 
LGBTQ+ rights

9 LGBTQ+ trailblazers who defined and redefined modern Britain 

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Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’
Health

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James
In memoriam

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James

How Afghan women and girls are defying the Taliban with secret schools: ‘We are not alone’
Afghanistan

How Afghan women and girls are defying the Taliban with secret schools: ‘We are not alone’

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Education, mentorship and business
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Education, mentorship and business

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Communities
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Communities

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Climate, environment and sustainability
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Climate, environment and sustainability

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Health and disability
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Health and disability

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Women, family and children
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Women, family and children

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2024
Changemakers 2024

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Housing and homelessness

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Food and nutrition

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate
Housing

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’
Activism

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’

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New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity
New Year Honours

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win

A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in UK – and cost of living crisis is making it worse
Missing persons

A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in UK – and cost of living crisis is making it worse

How protest fashion became this year’s hottest Christmas gift
Activism

How protest fashion became this year’s hottest Christmas gift