We are a social enterprise and registered charity that provides emergency accomodation and longer-term help for homeless and vulnerable people in the Fenland area.
Founded in 1998 by members of Wisbech Churches Together, we responded to a need to provide accomodation to the homeless within the Fenland area. Since that time Ferry Project has supported nearly 3000 homeless people.
We help homeless people with financial problems, people fleeing domestic violence, people recovering from a family breakdown or from drug and alcohol abuse, young people leaving the care system, those who have been sexually abused, ex-offenders and those with simply nowhere else to go.
Ferry Project provides a range of services to the local community with the aim of both preventing homelessness where possible and if homelessness does occur then supporting the person out of it.
We now offer short and long term accomodation for single people from all backgrounds who's time with us can be for as little as one night or as much as 18 months.
We currently provide up to 50 bed spaces in Wisbech.
We are the largest provider for homelessness related issues in the district
We support an estimated 80% of those who are homeless in Fenland.
We engage with over 300 clients per year.
These include life skills such as:
Ferry Project has loads of accomodation, from emergency accomodation in Octavia View, to fully self-sufficient accomodation in Faith House.
The Homelessness Hub, our rapid rehousing service, opened on the 24th of June 2019. Since then, it has helped over 400 people with their housing needs.
Our resettlement accommodation helps to bridge the gap between hostel living and completely independent living.
Our employment team play a very important role in preventing homelessness by engaging with our own hostel residents to find work.
Upon arrival at the Ferry Project, all service users are allocated a key worker and a support worker to best support their needs.
£50 allows us to support someone who is street homeless by giving them a room for a night, support and advice, a shower, wash their clothes and have a meal.
At a young age, Naomi put herself into care after fighting with her family and feeling unwanted at home. With the help of the Ferry Project she is now ‘happier than ever’ and has just moved into in her dream home with her two kids.
“There was a lot going on in the family home and just life. I just didn’t really get on with my family, me and my brother argued quite a lot and mainly mam I just clashed with her quite a lot."