Community

I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction
Rehabilitation

I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction

Getting Clean is founded on the principles of community, recovery and enterprise for sustainability. Chis Sylvester explains why – from a bathtub

Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community
Dementia

Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community

‘There’s no word for dementia in Gujarati.’ Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a Dementia Community Champions project to help raise awareness in underrepresented communities

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

The Queens Arms pub in Wigan has been transformed by anti-poverty charity The Brick into supported accommodation for rough sleepers. Could it offer a blueprint for others to follow?

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’
Young people

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’

How can we revitalise the high street?
Steven MacKenzie

How can we revitalise the high street?

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Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society
John bird

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?
Health inequality

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
Sport

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’
Dr Louisa Munch

‘Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime
Sport

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
Coastal poverty

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?
Short-term lets

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?

I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step
Debt

I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step

What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’
Music

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
Earth Day

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
Denmark Street

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
Cost of living

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
Society

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
Exclusive

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

I’m a mother of children with disabilities. My local support group gave me a chance to breathe
Michelle Keen

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
Dine

I am a British citizen and have lived in the UK for 20 years. But as a refugee, I feel afraid here

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No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need
Dr Krish Kandiah

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need

Young people drop out of school when no one seems to care. Labour’s plans could change lives
Jack Reynolds

Young people drop out of school when no one seems to care. Labour’s plans could change lives

‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer
Big Issue Invest

‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer

Alastair Campbell: ‘Young people need more than bursts of support to build their trust’
Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell: ‘Young people need more than bursts of support to build their trust’