Lost and found

When a loved one is missing, fear and anxiety are most keenly felt at Christmas. Sarah Reid meets those who help to bridge the gap

Regular readers of The Big Issue will have noticed the appeals we carry for the charity Missing People. Each name and face belongs to someone desperately missed by their loved ones, and Christmas is a particularly tough time for those who are still searching. Christmas is also the time to celebrate the work Missing People has done to reunite people with their families. One of these people was Maria. She had been living on the streets for several years, but kept in touch with her daughter Helen by mobile phone. Contact was patchy, but Helen heard from her mother often enough to know that she was alive and as safe as she could be. But in spring the calls stopped, and Helen was unable to get through to her mother’s phone. She…

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The Big Issue United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, 18-12-2017

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