My pitch

I’ve been selling Big Issue for a couple of years. It was when money was fading out and I heard Big Issue gave you a card reader. Begging was becoming impossible but because they had a card reader tha

I’ve been doing Big Issue for a while and when I first moved to Ilkeston I wanted to get somebody to make a lot more people aware of how hard it was to sell the magazine and what we do to get the mone

As well as selling the magazine, I also handle the subscriptions, posting magazines out to subscribers. I like being in the office because I get on with the staff but I have seen a decline in subscrip

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

Tributes have poured in for Paul Crawford, who sold the magazine in Summertown, Oxford, after his tragic death over New Year at the age of just 48 Almost £5,000 has been raised to pay for the funeral

RESPONSES TO Sewage in London’s River Roding [Issue 1702, 26 January–01 February 2026] ↓ Local hero that is Paul Powlesland! Such an inspirational man and great advocate for the River Roding! Sarah_re