Care
The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring?
The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring?
Carers UK’s director of policy and public affairs says demands for care are growing and simply cannot be met by the crumbling system
Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
Kingston Carers Network was named a Big Issue Changemaker after being nominated by Lib Dem leader Ed Davey. Here’s how the group gives carers a priceless outlet
BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: ‘There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through’
BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: ‘There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through’
Posy Sterling has been nominated for the EE Bafta Rising Star Award for her performance in Lollipop. She chats to the Big Issue about the hopes she has that the film will ignite genuine change for women
Care leavers face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’
Care leavers face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’
‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’
Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’
Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness
Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness
Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up
The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up
Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban
‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban
Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong
Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong
These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they’re ‘invisible’
Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they’re ‘invisible’
‘Love alone doesn’t pay the bills’: Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty
‘Love alone doesn’t pay the bills’: Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty
James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’
James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’
The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can’t wait till 2028 for the government to act
The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can’t wait till 2028 for the government to act
Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
‘Turning trauma into triumph’: This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
‘Turning trauma into triumph’: This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that
