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.
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 ...
DWP disability benefits system is 'harming claimants' health'
Oct 8, 2024 · The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a number of reports – including around the disability benefits process – which were commissioned by the previous government. Researchers found that the claims process for disability benefits is “impacting claimants’ health in a negative way” and “in some cases, had triggered ...
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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.
What will the world look like in 2050? - The Big Issue
Oct 30, 2021 · The agreements made – or not made – at COP26 will determine the future of the planet and all its inhabitants for decades to come. For some the target of net zero emissions by 2050 is achievable. For others impractical. If the world can successfully curb its emissions, the planet will stay within the 1.5C of warming agreed at the 2015 Paris ...
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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 …
Adam Pearson: 'I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my …
Sep 29, 2024 · Adam Pearson in A Different Man. Image: Matt Infante. Courtesy of A24. Adam Pearson is an actor, documentary maker and disability rights campaigner. He was born in Croydon in 1985, and at the age of five was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, which causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerve tissue. Pearson’s identical twin Neil has the same ...
Thousands owed up to £12k from DWP in backdated PIP …
Apr 16, 2024 · It revealed in October last year that it has so far identified around 326,000 cases to review. DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount. Staff at Benefits and Work have heard from people who have recently received backdated PIP payments ranging from £5,000 to £12,000.
Labour's manifesto pledges on benefits and disabilities, analysed
Jun 13, 2024 · Disability pay-gap reporting. 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.