Community activism
The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness
The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness
Community health and fitness spaces like BeActive Urmston are making sure everyone has the chance to participate with the help of Big Issue Invest
Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
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
What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’
What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’
Tinie Tempah performed at a RockCorps concert, where the only people who could attend were those who had spent four hours volunteering in their local community. But first, he hosted a quick run club in the city centre. We joined him
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality
Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience
Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
Big Issue’s new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening
Big Issue’s new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening
‘This is definitely a pinch-me moment’: Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured
‘This is definitely a pinch-me moment’: Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025 react to being honoured
Too many babies don’t have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is trying to change that
Too many babies don’t have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is trying to change that
‘Flooding can break people’: This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
‘Flooding can break people’: This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Protest isn’t a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
Protest isn’t a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
‘It can’t stay like this’: Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
‘It can’t stay like this’: Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
We run free football sessions for kids – but the impact of our work goes well beyond the pitch
We run free football sessions for kids – but the impact of our work goes well beyond the pitch
‘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
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
Housing estate plagued by mould, damp and dire conditions. Now, residents are fighting back
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
