UK poverty: the facts, figures and effects in the cost of living crisis
2024年1月23日 · Many more are being pushed below the breadline as the cost of living crisis hits low-income households the hardest. Around 14.4 million people were living in poverty in the UK in 2021/2022, according to the government’s official statistics. That is around one in five people. A total of 4.2 million children were affected.
KSI: 'I just had a dream, self-belief and a huge work ethic'
2023年1月23日 · KSI – or more precisely JJ Olatunji – at home. Image: Prime Video. A new documentary, KSI: In Real Life, gives an intimate perspective on a young man reconciling his own identity, balancing fame and family, re-evaluating his past and future. Like any film about someone with great power, and the responsibility that comes with it, there’s the origin story too.
These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
2023年8月29日 · 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 …
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Change a vendor’s life this Christmas. This Christmas, 3.8 million people across the UK will be facing extreme poverty. Thousands of those struggling will turn to selling the Big Issue as a vital source of income – they need your support to earn and lift …
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About Us. The Big Issue Group is a growing social enterprise and B-corp. Founded in 1991, today we are needed more than ever. We exist as a social business to create impact and make a profit, always re-investing this profit back into extending our mission, to help millions of people in the UK affected by poverty to earn, learn and thrive.
Everything you need to know about homelessness in UK in 2024
2024年10月3日 · The most recent statistics showed more than 13,000 households were assessed as homeless last year by councils, an increase of 8% on the year before. The number of households living in temporary accommodation is at its highest point on record, rising 18% in just one year to reach 6,447 households as of 31 March 2024.
All the amazing things Sadio Mané has done for charity - The Big …
2023年4月11日 · Donated £41,000 to the Senegal government when the pandemic hit. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, another one of Sadio Mané’s charity donations took place – he gave £41,000 to the national committee fighting Covid in Senegal. His agent said he had done it “spontaneously when he saw the evolution of the situation”.
Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his …
2021年10月11日 · Reynolds has long been known for wearing his heart on his sleeve, openly talking about his struggles with mental ill health and his Mormon faith, through both Imagine Dragons’ music and his social media. His sense of responsibility to his audience is obvious. For Reynolds, it isn’t good enough to go through the motions and collect the cheque.
Adam Pearson: 'I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my …
2024年9月29日 · Adam Pearson in A Different Man. Image: Matt Infante. Courtesy of A24. Adam Pearson is an actor, documentary maker and disability rights campaigner. He was born in Croydon in 1985, and at the age of five was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, which causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerve tissue. Pearson’s identical twin Neil has the same ...
How The Body Shop is leading the way in ethical business and ...
2021年10月25日 · One of the UK’s best-loved high street retailers, The Body Shop has led the way with its activism and campaigning, and by making business choices that help to protect the planet since it was founded in 1976. It pioneered a sustainable approach to business that we now recognise is essential if we are to put the brakes on climate change, pollution and poverty.