My pitch

I’ve been selling Big Issue since October last year. I escaped a very toxic relationship – mental abuse. You hear about blokes doing all this to women. Unfortunately, this was the other way around. It

I’m established now. I’ve been on this pitch nearly eight months. I’m getting a lot of regulars. The locals are buying off me, as well as the staff from all the offices. I’m right in the middle of it

I was born in Glasgow, but we moved to Leeds when I was little. I started selling the magazine when I was homeless in Leeds years ago, by the university. Then I used to work in Manchester, and now I h

For Big Issue man Jason Sallis, the wait for an accessible home has gone on for so long that it has affected his health and left him feeling discriminated against. All he wants is a home to fit his ne

Annie Bennett, 58, shares her moving story of discovering she had not one but two types of cancer, and how both have brought a new positivity to her life.

One in four people in the UK identify as disabled, so why is society still ignoring their needs? Ella Dove investigates