Get ready to meet the grassroots activists, rights campaigners and community champions working to make a better world. these are our 100 changemakers of 2026

This campaigning collective uses satire, guerrilla ads and viral stunts to challenge billionaire influence over politics, media and public life. They targets figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, arg

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

This is a growing UK network of cafe-style wellbeing spaces. Run by local churches, they offer an environment for people experiencing loneliness, trauma or mental health challenges to sit, talk and ta

There’s a brutal circularity to poverty that anyone who’s lived it will recognise. Without a stable home, work is hard to find. Without work, a home won’t stay stable. People get asked to solve both a

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

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