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 ...
All the amazing things Sadio Mané has done for charity - The Big …
Apr 11, 2023 · Donated £250,000 for a new secondary school. In the spring of 2019, as Liverpool were in the final stages of their successful Champions League campaign, Mané made a £250,000 donation to fund a school in Bambali. At a ceremony, Mané’s uncle read a speech from the player, which said: “Education is very important.
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Fact/Fiction: Did Nasa really discover that pineapple plants can aid ...
Jan 29, 2020 · They’re behind so many scientific achievements: putting a man on the moon, pioneering the space shuttle and, erm, discovering that pineapple plants can stop people snoring. The last one sticks out a bit but that hasn’t stopped it occasionally cropping up on the news agenda over the years. Last week The Sun and The Mirror, as well as a host ...
DWP welfare cuts slammed as 'utter evil' for disabled and ill people
Nov 14, 2023 · Half a million seriously ill and disabled people could have universal credit cut under DWP plans. Government warned tougher benefit rules will cause ‘destitution’: ‘People are struggling’. Government’s new welfare reforms could cause ‘huge anxiety for disabled people’. The DWP announced plans to abolish work capability assessments ...
Power Up London Accelerator Programme - Big Issue
Mar 22, 2024 · Cohort 2 is now complete. We’re inviting expressions of interest from potential partners to help us assess the impact of the programme. Learn more here.. The Power Up London accelerator programme will provide up to 20 participants with four months of intensive non-financial assistance including mentoring, business support, training, and networking opportunities, along with the possibility to ...
TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be 'humbling' and how we can …
Oct 4, 2024 · More than a third (36%) of Blackburn’s children live in poverty, almost twice the English average of 19.9%. Healthy life expectancy in the town is now just 59, three years below the national average. The social fabric of deprived communities is being stretched. And often, AJ Odudu says, minorities pay the price.
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Let’s end poverty in the UK. Campaigning with the Big Issue is campaigning to end poverty in the UK. Right now, over 3.8 million households in the UK are living in extreme poverty. That means 3.8 million people are unable to feed, clothe and keep themselves warm. And, with the cost of living crisis raging on, there’s no end in sight.
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Apr 9, 2018 · As we head into the festive period this year, vendors buy The Big Issue for £2 and sell it for £4. Each seller is a micro-entrepreneur who is working, not begging. We have helped over 100,000 vendors, some of the most vulnerable people in the country, earn over £120 million in the last 30 years. Currently there are around 1500 vendors up and ...
Homelessness soars in England due to rising rents and asylum …
Oct 3, 2024 · Statisticians identified Home Office efforts to clear the asylum backlog last autumn as a key driver of homelessness. Thousands of asylum seekers were granted refugee status in a bid to cut down on the backlog and Big Issue reported that scores ended up reporting as homeless to councils.. The statistics, released on Thursday (3 October), showed the numbers of households owed a prevention duty ...