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WEBBig Issue. Prisons. Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis. The ongoing prisons crisis is seeing thousands of prisoners released early despite warnings many will end up back inside. We spoke to a prison officer and charity Shannon Trust on why helping prisoners to teach other ...
Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car …
WEBAug 24, 2022 · Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner has lifted the lid on the creative process of new album The Car in a global exclusive interview with The Big Issue.. The Sheffield band have announced their seventh LP will be released on October 21, picking up where 2018’s jazz-inspired, intergalactic Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino left off. But “on this record, sci-fi is off the table.
These are the charities that collect furniture from your home to …
WEBAug 29, 2023 · The British Heart Foundation (BHF) – one of the main charities that collect furniture – saves 71,000 tonnes of items going to waste a year, including 180,000 sofas. By avoiding the landfills BHF estimates that they have been able to save 135,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions being released into the atmosphere.
To infinity... but what's actually beyond? - The Big Issue
WEBJun 26, 2019 · Some cosmologists disagree, claiming that the universe is actually infinite, but it’s hard to see what evidence could prove them right. One of the greatest paradoxes of the infinite is that it’s turned out to be extremely useful. As the inspiration behind calculus, it’s taken humanity to the moon, and flies millions of us across the globe ...
Big Zuu: 'Food is about connecting with everyone' - The Big Issue
WEBJul 10, 2022 · It brings people together, provides comfort, relaxation. Cooking is a form of self-expression. But with prices soaring, food is increasingly becoming more limited and a source of anxiety. “We are in a cost-of-living crisis and some people can’t afford to access food like everyone else,” Big Zuu says.
Labour's manifesto pledges on benefits and disabilities, analysed
WEBJun 13, 2024 · Labour will introduce the “full right to equal pay for disabled people”. The disability pay gap is currently around 14.6%. “Building on gender pay gap reporting, we will introduce disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers,” the manifesto reads. White described this policy as one of the few “surprises” in the ...
Do petitions actually effect real change? - The Big Issue
WEBJun 3, 2019 · Adding your signature to a cause has become a stalwart of modern protests. So we asked politics professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira how they can effect change. Signing a petition has become part and parcel of protesting politics and fighting injustices. People disaffected by the Brexit stalemate used the parliamentary e-petitions site to show ...
How The Body Shop is leading the way in ethical business and ...
WEBOct 25, 2021 · Image: The Body Shop International PLC. 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 …
H&M greenwashing is 'disguising the reality' of fast fashion
WEBAug 5, 2021 · And yet, research published in June revealed that fashion brands are “routinely” misleading the public over their green credentials, and accused many of Europe’s biggest fashion brands of being “all style and no substance”.. The report slammed many of the most popular brands for being “riddled with greenwashing”. H&M in particular was found guilty of tricking customers with ...
Big Issue Group - Big Issue
WEBThe 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. The Big Issue ...