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The place where we discuss the important issues around rural homelessness, hear from those affected by it, and offer some solutions. Brought to you by the award-winning homelessness charity, The Ferry Project.

We'll be delving into a range of topics to find out exactly what the problems are for those who experience homelessness in the rural areas of Britain. The challenges faced by those organisations who are trying to help as well as trying to offer some solutions. We will be speaking to experts in various fields from local government and business to the NHS and those involved in the homelessness charitable sector, as well as hearing from some of those who have experienced homelessness themselves.

The Rural Homelessness podcast will be dropping a new episode on your favourite podcasting platform twice a month. That's on the first and the 15th of the month. So please do click that subscribe button and tune in to this very important conversation.

The Ferry Project Cookery School are launching their first cookery book to celebrate the Jubilee Year. The book is packed with delicious recipes and case studies showing the journey of the project. Tastings from recipes in the book as well as some bubbly will be available.

Books will be for sale at the event - be the first to get a copy! 

Alison Crouch, the author, will also be on hand to personally sign copies.

Free entry but tickets need to be booked in advance to help with catering.

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Would you like to ‘walk the catwalk’ for a good cause? Support the work of the Ferry Project, a homelessness charity in Wisbech, by signing up as a Fundraiser and agreeing to ‘model’ one or more items of clothing at The Ferry Project Fashion Show.

The Ferry Project is celebrating its 25th anniversary of working with those experiencing homelessness and helping them move towards independent living with love and support.

In recent years we have developed a donations hub that is used to provide a wide range of items to help furnish a house, when our clients move on to independent living. Included in our donations hub is clothing, most of which homeless clients make use of, however, there is often a surplus and the Ferry Project Fashion Show is one way we are looking to not only raise the profile of the charity and it’s work, but also funds that will directly benefit the homeless clients we support.

For the Ferry Project Fashion Show, we have teamed up with the College of West Anglia to create a memorable and enjoyable event of fashion and fun.

Volunteers (or ‘Fundraisers’) can sign up on JustGiving. They will be our ‘models’ for the event (all genders welcome). They get to select their items of clothing from our donations hub throughout the week commencing 20th January that they will model on the night. They can even alter or personalize the garment if they wish. They will also receive some instruction on catwalk confidence from a drama coach from LEADA school of drama in February as well as have the opportunity to also receive free makeup and hair styling on the night if they wish.

Sign Up As A Model

Our volunteer models will also be asking their friends, family and colleagues to sponsor them by donating to the cause on their unique JustGiving page to ‘walk the catwalk’ on Thursday 6th March 2025, at 6:30pm, in the Queen Mary Centre, Wisbech (more details to follow).

Sponsor a Model / Donate

If modeling is not your thing, you can still get involved by sponsoring a model, or by buying a ticket and coming along to enjoy the evening and support your friend. These will be sold separately to the sponsorship donations and will be available from Eventbrite, starting at £5 (up to £7.50) and will include canapes and drinks upon arrival.

Buy Tickets for Event - COMING SOON

If you are a business and you would like to sponsor a colleague to walk the catwalk, we are happy to display your business’s logo on the screen and give you a mention when introducing your colleague to thank you for your support.

All money raised from the Ferry Project Fashion Show will go towards helping the homeless.

50% will go to the Hardship Fund, that our clients can access and this helps to pay for things they can not afford such as toiletries or a training course.

The other 50% will go to the Donations Hub and enable us to stock up with some much needed items which we are currently lacking that will help someone who has previously been homeless in setting up a new home for themselves.