As we begin 2023, we would like to wish you a very Happy New Year. We received an abundance of donated items over the Christmas period in the form of shoebox donations and food donations, all of which will be used to benefit our homeless clients over the coming months. Many churches, businesses, groups and...

At the heart of Canterbury’s homeless community, Catching Lives strives to ensure every client has access to basic essentials, especially throughout the winter months. We have clothing and kit available, as well as hot meals and drinks throughout the day. We have extended our opening hours to ensure individuals can stay warm for longer and...

Catching Lives is looking for a finance professional to join our engaged and enthusiastic Board as Treasurer. The Treasurer will maintain an overview of Catching Lives’ financial affairs, ensuring that effective and appropriate financial measures, controls and procedure are put in place and reporting to the Board at regular intervals about the financial health of...

As Christmas time draws nearer, we’re reflecting on 2022 and the hard work of our team. We have a lovely team of volunteers who work tirelessly to cook hot meals in our kitchen, keep the centre clean and tidy and help and support our homeless clients 365 days a year. After four years of volunteering...

Welcome to the August newsletter for Catching Lives. With the recent hot weather, we continued our severe weather provision (SWEP) where possible to ensure our clients can stay out of the sun later into the afternoon and thank you to anyone that donated the items we requested in our last newsletter. Our Canterbury Schools Photography...