Vendor Stories
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Calvin
Driver
Vendor Coordinator, Calvin Driver, tells us how The Big
Issue Foundation helped him after a long period of
adversities.
John Duffy
I
am now a Service Support Broker, which allows me to directly help individual
vendors and homeless people access the support and services they desperately
need.
Roy
Campbell
I became homeless after my
mother died. I had been looking after her but when she passed away the council
house in her name went with her and I was left on my
own.
J. (Birmingham)
J. became a vendor some years ago when evicted from his property for
non-payment of rent. The Big Issue helped him recover his confidence and
motivation.
K. (Brighton)
"All I needed was a bit of stability in my life to enable me to properly
take care of my daughter and I’m very grateful to The Big Issue for being
able to provide me with that"
Z.
(Birmingham)
A number of crises in
my life meant that I couldn’t cope and I became involved in drug use in order
to blank out her problems. Before too long I was a dependent heroin
user.
Steven Farrell
"I’ll continue to be a Vendor Coordinator in the hope that others
will see that it isn’t impossible to get off the streets with a little
help"
M. (Birmingham)
Fortunately the Foundation successfully referred me to an agency
catering for those with mental health issues in a house providing supported
living.
Challenge Events
London To Paris Bike Ride 2010
22nd July 2010
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