UK poverty: the facts, figures and effects in the cost of living crisis
Jan 23, 2024 · 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.
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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 …
These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
Aug 29, 2023 · 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 ...
KSI: 'I just had a dream, self-belief and a huge work ethic'
Jan 23, 2023 · 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.
All the amazing things Sadio Mané has done for charity - The Big …
Apr 11, 2023 · 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”.
Everything you need to know about homelessness in UK in 2024
Oct 3, 2024 · 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.
50 Cent interview: "My grandmother was the love of my life" - The …
Nov 3, 2015 · 50 Cent interview: "My grandmother was the love of my life". Rapper 50 Cent talks hustling, the death of his mother, Eminem – and how hip hop culture has changed. Jane Graham. 3 Nov 2015. At 16 I had already been involved in street life for years [50 Cent started dealing drugs at 12]. I was aggressive enough to get by on the street – but ...
Nancy Sinatra: 'I had to work hard to get beyond my name' - The …
Feb 13, 2021 · Nancy Sinatra has penned her Big Issue Letter To My Younger Self. The image of Nancy Sinatra is just as iconic as her name. The 80-year-old singer, actress and daughter of 20th century great Frank Sinatra, has had a career spanning decades, passionately championing women and feminism along the way. Speaking to the Big Issue’s Jane Graham ...
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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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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 …