We send a big thank you to nine year old Oli Fenner who has raised £43.30 by holding a ‘guess the name of teddy’ competition at his school. The money will be used to support our homeless clients who access our centre.   Oli visited Catching Lives to see our services

We would like to say a huge thank you to members of the Facebook group ‘Canterbury Residents Group’ who have generously donated over £4000 to Catching Lives. We rely on the support of our local community to continue providing vital services to homeless clients who access our day centre on Station Road

The Canterbury Community Shelter (CCS) returned for its 8th year of running, opening its doors from 1st December 2017 until 28th February 2018. During this time, 51 different clients made use of a combined 1234 overnight bed spaces in local church halls. We are delighted to announce that during this

As part of a series of free public lectures for Iron Mill College, a specialist provider of mental health and wellbeing training, our General Manager, Terry Gore, will be talking about how training to be a counsellor changed his life. The free lecture, entitled “A Life of Two Halves –

On Friday 23rd March, eight members of the St Margaret’s at Cliffe Parish church community spent a night sleeping outside to highlight the growing issue of homelessness,  raising money for three charities  – Porchlight, Catching Lives and the Dover Outreach Centre. Vivienne, St Margaret’s PCC says: “With the support of Dover

The schedule for our next round of free training here at the day centre is below. We encourage our volunteers to attend if they can as the information is useful for the work carried out here. Please remember there is no onsite parking. For more information or to reserve a

Catching Lives is recruiting for a new volunteer coordinator… Volunteer Co-ordinator 12 Month Contract Hours: 20 hrs per week (normally between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday but occasional weekend and evening work will be required) Salary £18,500 (pro-rata) for the duration of the contract. Location: Canterbury, Kent Closing date:

On Saturday 17th March at Christchurch University’s sports centre, individuals will be coming together and attempting to climb a combined height of the three peaks- Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike. It is being organised by the Christchurch Climbing Club, in partnership with St Pauls church and the student union,