Keith Smith
Director, Ferry Project
About this speaker
Keith was one of the original founders of the Ferry Project in 1998 and has managed the charity since then. Ferry Project is an award-winning social enterprise and registered charity that helps homeless people in Fenland.
It currently provides up to fifty bed spaces in Wisbech and engage with over three hundred clients per year, aiming to provide not just accommodation, but to give people the skills they need to enable them to live independently.
Prior to founding the Ferry Project Keith worked as a secondary school teacher for 16 years and has an advanced qualification in counselling from The Open Colleges Network and practised as a counsellor for 5 years.
Keith has been involved in charity work for over 35 years both as a trustee and employee and was voted Inspirational Leader of the year in 2012 by the Chartered Institute of Housing for my work with the Ferry Project.
