We are delighted to announce 6 year old Ella has raised an amazing £1500 to support our charity. Ella’s fundraising page can be found by clicking  here We were also pleased to be able to show her around our day centre on boxing day and tell her how much of a difference this money will...

Everyone at Catching Lives would like to thank staff at The University of Kent for organising a spooky charity quiz and raffle, which took place on Friday 1st November at the Pavilion Café Bar at the University. The event raised £1030.50 for Catching Lives. This is their third annual fundraiser for Catching Lives and since...

People getting on a Stagecoach bus in the lead-up to Christmas might be a bit surprised to find Santa Clowes at the wheel. And no, that’s not a typo. Stagecoach bus driver Terry Clowes will be spending the festive season driving around East Kent in one of three amazing outfits he made himself. “I taught...

Local photographer Nick Reynolds, whose current work is based around social commentary related to homelessness, has kindly agreed to donate £1 from every sale of his zine to Catching Lives. The first edition of his zine is available to buy online here (if you can’t buy online please contact us as we have a few...

Kent Dance performed their annual end of term one show ‘Fusion’ at Eliot Hall at the University of Kent to a sell-out audience last Saturday (30th November). It was an exciting fun-packed evening showcasing the many talents of the University students, incorporating contemporary, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, Tap, Bollywood and Irish dance. Kent Dance have nominated...

We are delighted to tell you about the wonderful Juliette and Georgia who have raised an amazing £175 for Catching Lives. Their mum Francine explains how this came about below… “Last year the girls and I made several trips to Catching Lives in Canterbury to donate much needed supplies to homeless people. This year Juliette...

Canterbury wonder-woman Felicity Elms ran an amazing seven ultra-marathons over the summer, all in aid of Catching Lives. Her last one on 28th September was a mere 52km but the others were all run over 100km routes. She didn’t just take part either – she was a serious competitor, always in and around the race-leaders....

A two day event called ‘Raise the Roof’ took place on 20th and 21st July in the Dane John Gardens, with over 2000 people attending on each day. Please see below for pictures from the day. The headliners included Toploader, Heather Small,  Dick and Dom, CBeebies star: Mr Bloom, UK Dance group Booty Luv, Abba...

We would like to say a huge thank you to all at Burgess Hodgson for donating £5000 to Catching Lives. As a small charity we rely on the support of our community and this money will help us to continue to offer the services we provide for homeless and vulnerably housed people in the Canterbury area....

The ‘Hiking for the Homeless’ team, consisting of workmates at Dover District Council and their family members, have completed the National Three Peaks Challenge raising (at time of publication) an amazing £4,078.25 for Catching Lives which will go directly towards supporting some of the most vulnerable members of our local community. The full team consisted...