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...

Catching Lives received a late Christmas gift from Stagecoach’s very own Santa Claus terry Clowes, last week. Before Christmas Terry drove his decorated bus around the roads and streets of East Kent dressed in his wonderful homemade Santa Clause outfits. Not only did this bring a lot of smiles and good will from passengers and...

Anyone coming into Catching Lives Open Centre of an afternoon will have come across Lachlan in the middle of one of his paintings. During December and early January his work was exhibited at Espressions Cafe, Lily’s Bistro and Catching Lives Bookshop, all situated in Palace Street, Canterbury. Reaction to the work was extremely positive and...

Staff at Northgate Medical Practice in Canterbury held a raffle over Christmas and raised an impressive £200, with all proceeds going to Catching Lives. The practice has been very supportive of our work and have gone out of their way to make our clients feel welcome.“We have been piloting regular appointments here at Northgate Medical...

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...

Over the last two years Catching Lives has been engaged in an EU Erasmus+ project in the form of a research programme, with partners in the UK, Spain, Belgium and Germany, to develop training for practitioners who work with people with severe mental disorders. The aims of the project were to have the following impacts:...