Lorna Tucker, the director of smash-hit homelessness documentary Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son, has been named as a Big Issue Group ambassador.
Tucker became homeless at 14 and spent two years living on the streets where she slept under Waterloo Bridge in London, in and out of sheltered accommodation. She has since made her name as an award-winning film director of feature documentary films.
The most recent documentary – Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son – is based on Tucker’s experiences of being homeless, and was released in cinemas last month.
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Lorna Tucker credits the Big Issue with helping her on her remarkable journey and has joined big names like Christopher Eccleston, Daniel Mays and Sophie Winkleman in the mission to lift people out of poverty.
“If it wasn’t for The Big Issue, I would never have escaped a life that was leading me towards only one ending that I can think of. Not only were they responsible for saving my life, but for helping me to see that there was a life for me outside of addiction and homelessness,” said Tucker.
“I am really pleased to be joining Big Issue Group as an official ambassador. The work the organisation does in order to support those locked in poverty is invaluable, especially now, with people facing the worst set of circumstances you can possibly imagine.”