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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns

Meet our 2026 Changemakers. Here Big Issue celebrates campaigners who target millionaires like Elon Musk, a group of children in Wales who speak directly to decision-makers about poverty, and a woman who uses her platform to make autism and chronic illness more visible

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Meet our 2026 Changemakers. Here Big Issue celebrates the individuals and groups who are doing their bit for those who require a bit of additional help and support

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
Richard Ellis

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns

A House of Camapigns would lead to a better-informed and more responsive government

I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it
Clair Graham

I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?
Make Poverty History

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?

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Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations
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Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations

My son was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. He didn’t know how to escape domestic abuse
Domestic abuse

My son was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. He didn’t know how to escape domestic abuse

Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’
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Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns

Shocking political ad shows child as if at gunpoint. This is what it tells us about the Tory campaign
Dr Nick Anstead

Shocking political ad shows child as if at gunpoint. This is what it tells us about the Tory campaign

“We demand an end to poverty”: Big Issue vendors deliver call for change backed by 12,000 to Labour and Tory HQs
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“We demand an end to poverty”: Big Issue vendors deliver call for change backed by 12,000 to Labour and Tory HQs

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty
General election 2024

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty

Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
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Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

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

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns

Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
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Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal

Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community
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Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’
Food poverty

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’

‘He begged mummy to take him home’: Autistic man ‘abused’ while being kept in mental hospital for six years
Mental Health Act

‘He begged mummy to take him home’: Autistic man ‘abused’ while being kept in mental hospital for six years

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change
Homelessness

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change

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28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023
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28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023

Maxine Peake on Hillsborough drama Anne: ‘The criminal justice system can be a very hostile place’
Hillsborough

Maxine Peake on Hillsborough drama Anne: ‘The criminal justice system can be a very hostile place’