A Big Issue vendor who suffered serious injuries after being knocked off his bike is back selling the magazine on his pitch in Exeter.
Resilient Alfie Brew, 30, has returned to selling the Big Issue outside the Co-op in St Thomas, Exeter after a three-month-long recovery.
“A car knocked me off my bike and I had to have three months off Big Issue,” he tells this week’s edition of the magazine, which is out now. “My recovery has been up and down.
“I have bipolar so I’m trying to keep my head and focus on one thing at the minute, and go forward from there. I can walk now, thankfully.
“My customers thought I’d quit. I came back last week and I’m slowly getting my name back around to say that I’m back again. Everyone’s missed me, they haven’t seen me. I’m really trying to get myself out there now.”
The Big Issue helped Brew stay afloat after he found himself unable to sell the magazine, which is his main source of income.