The Big Tramp

From Cardboard Citizens HQ to Cinema Museum
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This event ended on Saturday 6th of September 2014
Admission
Standard: £20, students/concs: £29. Plus sponsorship
Location

From Cardboard Citizens HQ to Cinema Museum

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Aldgate East 0.30 miles

Join us for an all-night tramp through London and raise funds for Cardboard Citizens, the UK’s leading homelessness theatre company.

Can you make it through a night on the streets?

Setting off at midnight on Saturday, you’ll spend a night on London’s streets, walking through the city until dawn on Sunday.

Along the way you’ll see where George Orwell was Down and Out in London, the church where Charles Dickens stumbled across houselessness, and the dosshouses where Super-Tramp W H Davies sought shelter. You’ll visit the Bullring, where Cardboard Citizens began; you’ll be met by a soup kitchen in Brunswick Square; and you’ll finish with breakfast and a screening of the Charlie Chaplin short The Tramp, in the Kennington Workhouse building where Chaplin lived as a child.

This unique night-time walk, mapping the history of homelessness in London, will be led by experienced walking guide Henry Eliot and will be accompanied by Cardboard Citizens’ homeless members who will share their own personal experiences along the way.

No rucksacks allowed! Bring all your possessions in black bin liners and don't forget a blanket for warmth.

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