These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
Nov 26, 2024 · All proceeds will go to the operation of food banks, computer recycling, and a newly found debt advice service. In West London, Trinity Homeless Projects runs charity furniture collections to stock its stores, with proceeds going towards its work ending homelessness. Sue Ryder. Sue Ryder provides palliative care and aid to those living with a terminal illness alongside providing bereavement ...
28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe …
May 11, 2023 · 2. The Police Bill Alliance. The controversy over arrested protesters at he coronation has quickly shown the pitfalls of the government’s policing legislation, thanks to the Public Order Act.
UK poverty: the facts, figures and effects in the cost of living crisis
Jan 23, 2024 · This includes 4.2 million children, which is almost one in three (29%).There are also 8.1 million working-age adults and 2.1 million pensioners living in poverty. Around two in every 10 adults are in poverty in the UK, and about three in every 10 children are in poverty.
Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears over DWP winter …
Nov 18, 2024 · As recently as 4 November, the DWP was sending letters to pensioners advising them to apply for pension credit if they are eligible. Based on the most recent figures, someone applying for pension credit in early November would on average only receive their pension credit – and associated winter fuel payments – in mid-January. Payments can be backdated, but such delays would mean applicants ...
Flood risk: Map shows how many times your area has flooded
Jan 5, 2022 · Big Futures is calling on the Government to put in place a plan and policies to break this cycle of poverty for good. We are calling for long-term solutions to meet the biggest issues faced in the UK today – the housing crisis, low wages and the climate crisis.
'Disturbing' work capability reforms will see people denied benefits
Oct 30, 2024 · Hundreds of thousands of people with health conditions could miss out on financial support after the chancellor confirmed plans to tighten the disability benefits system.. In her autumn budget, Rachel Reeves suggested that Labour will honour proposals brought forward by the Conservative government to reform the work capability assessment.. This is an assessment which people with health ...
How does The Big Issue help the homeless?
Nov 28, 2023 · (From left to right) Daisy Hampson, Big Issue frontline worker, Jon Gregg, Big Issue vendor, Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, Kelvin Gregory, Big Issue vendor, Daniel Mays, actor and Big Issue Ambassador and Leventica Paun, Big Issue frontline worker at the launch of Big Issue's Christmas campaign.
All of Keir Starmer’s u-turns and abandoned policy pledges
May 16, 2024 · Keir Starmer is not afraid of a U-turn. After running for the Labour leadership on a platform promising nationalised public services, restricted foreign arms sales, and tax hikes for the richest, Starmer’s policies now look a little different.
New Order's podcast digs up wild new stories – and I'm mad for it
Nov 15, 2024 · The first season of Transmissions spanned the Joy Division years through New Order’s 1983 breakout with the epochal single Blue Monday.Narrated by Maxine Peake and including superstar fan reflections from the likes of Bono and Liam Gallagher, it arrived in autumn 2020.But it’s the podcast’s second season, four long years in the making, narrated by journalist Elizabeth Alker and featuring ...
DWP 'considering' PIP changes amid speculation on benefit reform
Oct 17, 2024 · The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is still “considering” responses to a consultation on reform of the personal independence payment (PIP) proposed by the Conservatives, the Big Issue has learned.. There has been speculation in news reports that Labour has dropped proposals for PIP changes by the Conservative government, based on a DWP minister saying the government has “no ...