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UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
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UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

The August riots were not the first of the summer. In July, disturbances broke out in the Harehills part of Leeds. Locals are already learning the lessons that can be applied elsewhere says Tom Horn, who lives in the area

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
Poverty

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

Families in Skipton, North Yorkshire, are increasingly facing poverty as the cost of living crisis bites. This children’s charity is fighting back

‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
Community

‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives

Beats Bus Records is crowdfunding to replace their bus so they can continue their ‘life-changing’ work

Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back
Housing

Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

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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

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community
Cost of living crisis

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

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

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

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Venue Watch

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net
Food poverty

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem
Activism

Something radical is happening in Hastings. It might just tell us how to solve Britain’s empty homes problem

Community food bank fights eviction by property developer
Food banks

Community food bank fights eviction by property developer

How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London
Community activism

How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London

‘They’re heroes’: Teens from Young Black Men scheme rescue vulnerable people from burning building
Community heroes

‘They’re heroes’: Teens from Young Black Men scheme rescue vulnerable people from burning building