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Big Issue North is a weekly publication available in northern England, sold by vendors who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness. These vendors are actively working to earn a living rather than relying on handouts.

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Big Issue North's response to proposed PIP cuts

1 month ago | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

The government’s cuts to support for ill and disabled people could reach £9 billion per year by 2029-30, according to the New Economics Foundation. Disability is defined under the Equality Act 2010 as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities – including work. Over 16 million people in the UK – around 24 per cent of the population – are classed as disabled.
Join us in calling for a national alcohol strategy

Oct 30, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

In December 2021, the UK government published From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives. The strategy pledged to combat substance harms by not only addressing the issue at a criminal justice level, but also by investing in recovery, with £3 billion budgeted for the first three years of the programme. This was based on the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key recommendations.
Transgender people disproportionately at risk of alcohol harms

Oct 11, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Dr. Dean Connolly is a Specialty Registrar and NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Public Health Medicine. Their research focuses on LGBT+ health, including drug and alcohol use. “Since 2018, I have had the opportunity to work with the Global Drug Survey,” they say.
"We are facing a crisis of alcohol-specific deaths"

Oct 11, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

In December 2021, the UK government published From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives. The strategy pledged to combat substance harms by not only addressing the issue at a criminal justice level, but also by investing in recovery, with £3 billion budgeted for the first three years of the programme. This was based on the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all her key recommendations.
Raymond G. Plum on Why Simple Things Are Difficult: An Alternative Look at Society

Oct 2, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

About a decade ago, my grandparents got into a minor car accident while on holiday in the New Forest when a bull ran into their car. The bull was unharmed, the car less so, so they called their insurance company to make a claim for the repairs.
Girls and women at disproportionate risk of alcohol harms

Sep 26, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Dr. Abi Rose is a Reader in psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, specialising in girls’ and women’s alcohol use. Her research interest developed from laboratory-based alcohol research to applied health research after the birth of her first child. “I’d go to mum and baby groups, and invariably, the conversation would turn to alcohol,” she says.
Reducing alcohol harms requires joined-up approach, experts say

Sep 26, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

WithYou is a drug, alcohol and mental health charity based across England and Scotland.
People with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder "19 times more likely to be arrested"

Sep 26, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is caused by drinking during pregnancy, and affects numerous aspects of brain function, including executive function, memory, communication, cognition, focus and social skills. In the UK – which has the fourth-highest rate of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the world. The University of Salford has the largest team researching this condition in Europe, the SalfordFASD team, led by Professor Penny Cook, Professor Clare Allely, and Prof Raja Mukherjee.
Public unaware of risks of alcohol during pregnancy, experts say

Sep 26, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is caused by drinking during pregnancy, and affects numerous aspects of brain function, including executive function, memory, communication, cognition, focus and social skills. In the UK – which has the fourth-highest rate of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in the world – the condition is prevalent, affecting up to 2.4 million people, or around 3.6% of the population.
Minimum unit pricing "a really important lever to tackle inequalities"

Sep 26, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Katherine Severi is the chief executive at the Institute of Alcohol Studies and chairs the communications and advocacy group for the Alcohol Health Alliance. “The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent charity,” Severi says. “Our role is to inform public policy debates about reducing alcohol harm with the best available evidence, so we both produce research reports and summarise existing evidence.