With the hot weather set to continue into next week, we’re continuing to monitor our severe weather provision for clients. From the 11th to 20th July we extended the opening times at our daycentre in Canterbury so that our homeless clients could stay until 5pm (rather than the usual 2pm) to escape the extreme heat....

BOOKSHOP IN LOCKDOWN Courtesy of lockdowns 1, 2 and 3, our bookshop has mostly been closed since March 2020, but our wonderful, dedicated team of volunteers have ensured we are still generating income to help our charity support the homeless throughout the Covid crisis. The shop did manage to re-open for three weeks in mid-October...

Kent author Kevin Harris is helping the homeless this coming winter by donating the proceeds of two books he has written, to Catching Lives.  Anyone wanting to buy them should visit our bookshop at 28 Palace St, Canterbury CT1 2DZ. They are priced at £2.99 each. Kevin popped in to Catching Lives to tell us how...