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On Friday 20th November starting at 10.30pm Billie, her dog Solo and Tom will be walking 18 miles through London to raise money for the Big Issue Foundation.

"Bickley ( Billie) was on the streets four years before the Big Issue existed, escaping a violent home at 14 for London. "I got the first train from Coventry, got off at King's Cross and I've been here ever since," she says. Within her first week of living on the street, she was befriended by a homeless couple who sold heroin. "The first time I took it was 17 June 1987, my 15th birthday. I kept on taking it for 17 years."

By the time Bickley was 21, she was also addicted to crack cocaine. "I remember walking through King's Cross one day," she says. "Crack had just come out, and the dealers were hiding the drugs in their mouths. Right next to me, this guy's head gets blown off in the street by another dealer. There was blood all over my face – but I didn't care, I just wanted the crack that had been blown out of his mouth. I was picking up all the rocks off the street out of the blood and guts."

Taken from The Guardian, 18th September 2009, written by Ros Wynne Jones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/sep/18/big-issue-18-birthday

Since Billie started selling The Big Issue not only she has been able to kick her 17 year drug habit, she has been able to find a proper home with her partner and her partner's two children, and soon will be going to college to train to be a drugs worker.

The Big Issue Foundation is about taking control, moving forward, gaining independence and rebuilding lives. They exist to enable vendors to continue on their journey away from homelessness.

Please donate what you can and help The Big Issue Foundation continue to transform lives like Billie.

Think of Billie, Solo and Tom on November 20th, its going to be cold!!!

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Those boots are made for walking... good luck to all 3 of you! Donation by Mark McClure on 31/10/09

 
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Tom & Billie. Hope its a mild night for you. Good luck for a great cause. Donation by Alexander Adams on 31/10/09

 
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May it be a clear night full of stars - remember to keep looking up Donation by Louise Brian and Lucia on 31/10/09

 

Donation by Phyllis Wender on 30/10/09

 
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Donation by Jacqui Noon on 30/10/09

 
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