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Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Changemakers 2026

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis

Scarlett is the driving force behind a grassroots campaign looking to identify unused plots of land and turn them into homes for homeless families

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
Changemakers

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives

Being named a Big Issue Changemaker has been a big moment for many

How Wates and Big Issue found common ground
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How Wates and Big Issue found common ground

Wates has partnered with Big Issue as headline sponsor of the 100 Changemakers, backing community leaders, social entrepreneurs and activists working to tackle poverty, create opportunity and deliver social value across the UK

Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren’t they taught in the school curriculum?
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Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren’t they taught in the school curriculum?

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’
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How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’

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Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
Changemakers

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’

The Roundhouse’s ‘critically important’ role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
Changemakers 2026

The Roundhouse’s ‘critically important’ role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026

Letters: Big Issue’s Changemakers showed that in dark times it’s important to have hope
Letters

Letters: Big Issue’s Changemakers showed that in dark times it’s important to have hope

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism

Inside the Big Issue: Meet our 2026 Changemakers
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Inside the Big Issue: Meet our 2026 Changemakers

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
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Why Wates are the perfect partners for the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition

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

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

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

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

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness