Community
How the Big Grow is strengthening communities and building resilience through growing food

How the Big Grow is strengthening communities and building resilience through growing food
Whatever the harvest, the Big Issue’s Big Grow project cultivates a sense of joy and community
KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’

KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’
As the new co-owner of Dagenham & Redbridge FC, KSI reveals how his move into football is aiming to revitalise the local community in Barking and Dagenham
It’s easier than ever to connect with people from across the world. So why are we so lonely?

It’s easier than ever to connect with people from across the world. So why are we so lonely?
It’s easier than ever to find and connect with people from across the world. And still, somehow, we are lonelier
I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction
I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction
Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community
Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community
Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis?
‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’
Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society

Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society
Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?
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
‘Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’

‘Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’
Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime
I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step

I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step
Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees

Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees
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’
The story of the shantytown dwellers who grew their own wealth using vegetables

The story of the shantytown dwellers who grew their own wealth using vegetables
Yungblud’s Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again

Yungblud’s Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again
Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain
I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too
I’m a mother of children with disabilities. My local support group gave me a chance to breathe

I’m a mother of children with disabilities. My local support group gave me a chance to breathe
I am a British citizen and have lived in the UK for 20 years. But as a refugee, I feel afraid here

I am a British citizen and have lived in the UK for 20 years. But as a refugee, I feel afraid here
This Lancaster Priory monument was a culture wars flashpoint. Then it became a force for good

This Lancaster Priory monument was a culture wars flashpoint. Then it became a force for good
No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need


