Young people

I was a class clown and didn’t care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything
Onside Takeover

I was a class clown and didn’t care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

Letters: We abandoned our kids when we allowed youth clubs to close
Letters

Letters: We abandoned our kids when we allowed youth clubs to close

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people
Paul McNamee

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation
Jamie Masraff

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation

Big Issue hands the reins to young people from disadvantaged areas for landmark special issue
Onside takeover

Big Issue hands the reins to young people from disadvantaged areas for landmark special issue

Inside the Big Issue: Youth Team Takeover!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Youth Team Takeover!

Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest’s £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership
Big Issue Invest

Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest’s £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership

I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like
Melanie Vaxevanakis

I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like

While the government plans its strategy, youth clubs like ours could soon be lost
Sidney Ewing and Gini Simpson

While the government plans its strategy, youth clubs like ours could soon be lost

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs
Paul McNamee

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs

London homelessness centre forced to turn young people away due to ‘unprecedented demand’
Youth homelessness

London homelessness centre forced to turn young people away due to ‘unprecedented demand’

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Letters

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems

I’m 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it’s like to be held hostage by your own body
Emily-May Stephenson

I’m 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it’s like to be held hostage by your own body

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don’t show it
Melissa Gilpin

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don’t show it

I’m a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children’s mental health
Sanah Ahsan

I’m a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children’s mental health

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More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job
Employment

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: ‘Owning a home is a distant dream’
Housing crisis

Young people quitting London over housing crisis: ‘Owning a home is a distant dream’

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class

It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
Alex Firth

It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition