Members of the University of Kent Canterbury Homeless Outreach Society will be taking part in a sponsored virtual sleep out on Saturday 14th November at 7pm. For one night, they are asking people to give up the luxury of their beds and swap it for a sleeping bag on the floor, sofa, bath or somewhere...

We’re really pleased to have been asked by the Canterbury Festival to be part of their Socially Distanced Community Art Trail which is taking place between 17th October-31st October. With the help of two talented local artists, Zo Defferary and Charlotte Chapman, we have created a window display in the Old Cathedral Gift Shop in...

We’ve had some great news. We’ve just received £24,474 from the Coronavirus Community Support fund. This funding will particularly help us to cover extra staffing required as a result of changes we’ve had to make as a result of the Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. These are diificult, uncertain times for charities, especially where funding is...

We would like to say a huge thank you to Doro Thyssen for raising the incredible amount of £775.50 for Catching Lives through an exhibition and sale of her artwork. “Doro has been a long time supporter of Catching Lives, including volunteering with our Winter Shelter and helping organise fundraising activities for Catching Lives within...

Catching Lives would like to extend their thanks to CRISIS, who have made us an award of £4950 through their ‘In This Together’ grant programme. This Funding has been made available to meet the additional demand in resources caused by impact of the Coronvirus Pandemic. We greatly appreciate Crisis’s quick response in providing assistance to...

Everyone at Catching Lives would like to thank every single person who made a donation to our our Covid-19 appeal, which has now closed. Thanks to the generosity of our community, it raised a magnificent £6519.50, which with Gift Aid added, brings a total of £7793.49. This funding will all go towards helping us to...

NOTE: DUE TO CORONAVIRUS THE MARATHON HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBERSally Cook is a first time marathon runner who will be running the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 26th April and she has chosen Catching Lives to be the charity she will raise funds for. Sally, Practice Manager at Kesson Physiotherapy Service in Faversham dropped...

On 7th February, Year 6 pupils, staff and parents from Lorenden Prep School near Faversham walked the Crab and Winkle Way from Whitstable to Canterbury to raise money for Catching Lives. At the end of the walk they came in to visit us at the Open Centre for some refreshments and to see how the...

We would like to say a huge thank you to Scott and Veronica Hope, of Hope Spinal Wellness in Canterbury, for raising £1,500 as part for their Christmas Fund Raising Appeal for Catching Lives. This money will help us to continue providing our services to those who access for help.

Last autumn Catching Lives Arts Coordinator Miriam Ellis secured funding through Kent County Council’s Saving Lives Innovation Fund to run a photography project with our clients. “We ran various activities outside the centre including a day out in London and an afternoon of Falconry at Mount Ephraim.” Miriam explained. “The trips encouraged more people to...