My pitch

I’ve been selling Big Issue for 11 years. I have been providing food for my family and paying for rent thanks to the money I make. I lived in Romania before coming to England. It was hard living there

Big Issue changed my life. I was sat begging after I’d just become homeless. One of the Big Issue workers came past me on their bike and stopped and talked to me. I went into the office the next morni

Now I am very famous here in Alnwick because everyone knows me — I’ve sold magazines for 17 years in this pitch. It’s a little easier for me now. I’m from Romania originally, but I emigrated when I wa

There was no way my fella was wiping my backside!

Your kids your laughs your friends your world

I’m doing alright at the moment. I’ve been on my pitch here for seven years. Waitrose forever ha ha! I have been selling the magazine for more than 11 years: I started in Edinburgh city centre, did fo