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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Nov 29, 2024 · But more generally, as you’d expect, Age UK has a host of volunteering opportunities across the Christmas period, including volunteering in an Age UK shop or …
The Big Issue at 30: Our story in numbers
Sep 20, 2021 · £1,300,000 During Covid we have helped support vendors to the tune of £1.3million thanks to donations and subscriptions. During lockdown with your help we were …
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 …
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, …
Labi Siffre: 'I've had more difficulties in life due to being ...
Apr 21, 2024 · Labi Siffre was born in June 1945 in Hammersmith, England. He formed his first band at 16 and began playing jazz guitar in groups around Soho in the late 60s.
'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 …
No room for 'bullshit' in solution to homelessness, Prince William …
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird hopes Prince William can help surmount “failed thinking” on homelessness – and says he “doesn’t want any bullshit”.
Say Nothing star Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams in IRA drama
Nov 14, 2024 · Based on the book of the same name, Say Nothing is Disney’s tilt at turning the Troubles into prestige TV. Set against the early days of the conflict in the late 1960s, it begins …
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? review - Big Issue
Nov 29, 2024 · Again, this has raised vast amounts of money. But by perpetuating the stereotyping of an entire continent – and especially Ethiopia – as a place in constant need of …