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‘Huge increase’ in Big Issue vendors needing help during cost-of-living crisis

The organisation renewed its call to the public to support by subscribing or making a contribution through the Big Issue Foundation.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Simple ways to stay warm at home without having to put the heating on this winter

The UK Government is being urged to change Universal Credit and increase the basic rate of support to help people this winter.

Daily Record · Dec 8, 2022

Millions of households ‘cannot afford heating’ as cold snap sets in

Hundreds of thousands of low-income families are going without the heat, food and clothing needed to stay warm, new research shows

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

Worst-hit families will be hit with £2,000 energy bill rise as taxes soar, study finds

New research by The Resolution Foundation also found that workers are £15,000 worse off a year on average because of an unprecedented wage downturn which will see salaries drop to 2008 levels for the next five years

Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022

Inflation pushing more French people into poverty, charity warns

Skipping meals or going into debt – that's the difficult choice facing hundreds of thousands of people in France daily, according to the latest annual report by French charity Secours Catholique.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 18, 2022

Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine crisis was reducing the amount of aid flowing to the continent.

Reuters · Nov 17, 2022

Durham Lumiere announces 2023 dates and new plans to bring light to dark times

Lumiere light festival will be working with County Durham Community Foundation to help boost support for local people in poverty

Chronicle Live · Nov 15, 2022

Scots rugby legend Doddie Weir makes emotional return to Murrayfield

The sporting legend, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease five years ago, was greeted by a standing ovation from the crowds.

Daily Record · Nov 13, 2022

Edinburgh rugby legend Doddie Weir makes emotional Murrayfield return

The former player, who was diagnosed with MND five years ago, made an emotional return to the pitch at Murrayfield on Sunday alongside his family, to a standing ovation from the crowd.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 13, 2022

Work halted at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago after noose is found

CHICAGO — Foundation officials are condemning a “shameless act of cowardice and hate” at the site of former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood on Thursday morning.

Chicago Tribune · Nov 11, 2022