Building opportunity

Good Place Lettings is helping to make private renting part of the solution to homelessness. Launched in London by Homes for Good – who’ve been supported by Big Issue Invest – and Crisis, the social e

IT MAY BE 2026, BUT MANY HARD-WON RIGHTS FOR WOMEN ARE UNDER THREAT. WE ASK GROUNDBREAKING ACTIVISTS, STORYTELLERS AND A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER HOW TO MAINTAIN HOPE AND EFFECT CHANGE, EVEN WHEN THE WAY FORWARD IS UNCLEAR

→ The government has unveiled its ‘once-in-a-generation’ plan to reform England’s water system, promising tougher oversight and an end to failing infrastructure. But with record sewage pollution, soar

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

The Bevy is the UK’s only community-owned pub on a council estate, and a powerful example of grassroots action. When their local pub closed in 2010, residents in Moulsecoomb, East Sussex, refused to l

Turning adversity into action, Tabari (below) is a community volunteer and activist based in Brighton, using his voice to challenge injustice and bring people together. He campaigns publicly on Linked