When | 8pm - 9.30pm

Where | Southwark Cathedral

Tickets | FREE tickets available from Eventbrite.

Join us for a jam-packed evening of entertainment at Southwark Cathedral for the Robes Project SleepOut – so you can enjoy yourself and support those experiencing homelessness at the same time.

While some kind souls will be staying after the entertainment to SleepOut for the night to raise funds for Robes homeless guests, everyone can still do their part without having to brave the cold.

The evening entertainment is open to all from 8pm to 9.30pm.

Tickets are free and will guarantee entry.

Please note that we will be requesting a minimum £10 donation at the door. 100% of the proceeds goes to support the Robes Project. We do appreciate your support and generosity.

Please register to support this worthy cause so we can keep track of numbers attending.

What to Expect

• 8pm | Welcome
• 8.15pm | ‘Panel of Pilgrims’ interview between the Dean, the Very Reverend Dr. Mark Oakley with Guy Stagg, author of The Crossway who walked from London to Rome to Jerusalem
• 8.45pm | Robes Project Impact
• 9pm | Musical Entertainment
• 9.30pm | SleepOut Group Photo in the Nave and Cathedral gates locked. Departure for those not sleeping out.

“There’s nothing like a 10-month walk, carrying everything you need on your back, to make you truly thankful for the blessing of having a home. I’m proud to support the Robes SleepOut as the Robes Project helps homeless men and women into housing and employment with dignity.”

Guy Stagg, Author of The Crossway

Dean Mark Oakley will interview Special Guest Guy Stagg

Robes Project and Southwark Cathedral are delighted that Guy Stagg will join us on stage as featured guest for our evening SleepOut entertainment for volunteers and supporters! We’ll be hearing from Guy about his participation in the Robes SleepOut, some reflections from his experience walking from Canterbury to Jerusalem, recorded in The Crossway, and how he finds meaning and reasons for faith, hope and healing today.

The Dean of Southwark, Mark Oakley, will be asking Guy a range of questions – before opening up to the audience for a Q&A.

The evening will also feature musical entertainment from the South London Jazz Orchestra. We’re delighted to hear their big band jazz with such amazing acoustics in Southwark Cathedral! The Robes Project is so grateful for the orchestra members to generously donate their time for the SleepOut entertainment. Several dancers from Swing Patrol have also volunteered to join in as the big band continues. Everyone in the audience can toe-tap, or join in to swing and shimmy to their heart’s delight!

We look forward to welcoming you to Southwark Cathedral for a fun, eventful and thought-provoking evening of entertainment to kick-off this year’s Robes SleepOut. All to raise funds for The Robes Project!

About Guy Stagg

Guy Stagg is award-winning British writer interested in travel, religion, mental health and the places where they meet. After studying English Literature at Cambridge University, Guy worked in politics and journalism. He now freelances as an editor, copywriter and ghostwriter for commercial clients and NGOs.

In 2013, he made a pilgrimage from Canterbury to Jerusalem. Though a non-believer, he began the journey after several years of mental illness, hoping the pilgrimage would bring healing. For ten months he hiked alone on ancient paths, crossing ten countries and more than 5,500 kilometres. The Crossway is an account of this extraordinary adventure. 

The Crossway was a BBC Book of the Week and awarded the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2019. It was also shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Deborah Rogers Foundation Award.

About the Robes Project

The Robes Project is dedicated to providing a winter night shelter, food, clothes, services and support to Guests who are Homeless in South London.

• Robes provides advocacy services year-round to assist and support Homeless men and women into employment and permanent housing with dignity. 
• Robes provides a volunteer led Winter Night Shelter for those in need, providing safety, a warm bed, somewhere to sleep, and a community to connect to. We offer tailored advice, guidance and referrals in all areas, and work in partnership with our guests to aid move on to more long term accommodation.
• Once in their new dwellings, we offer a tenancy sustainment floating support service, aimed at preventing repeat rough sleeping.
• Both our current and former guests are welcome at our Wednesday Club all year round, where they can receive breakfast, a hot lunch, and showers. Wednesday Club is an opportunity for our guests to reconnect with their community, play some games, have some laughs, and our dedicated advice workers are on hand to assist with any challenges they may be facing.
• Robes also coordinates over 550+ volunteers across South London to host the winter night shelters and provide meals, support, and a safe and warm night’s sleep from November through March.

Robes is a small but mighty charity, and with the assistance of our amazing volunteers, we are proud to support those who need it most.