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

The below video was created by young people taking part in the National Citizen Service (Canterbury 2 Blue Wave) to highlight some of the issues faced by homeless people both locally and nationally. We thank everyone from the NCS for their work in helping raise awareness of these issues.

Hours: Full-time (£23,817 per annum for the Co-ordinator) (£21,000 per annum for the Deputy Co-ordinator)  Contract type: Co-ordinator – Fixed term 5 months (Commencing 14th October 2019) Deputy Co-ordinator – Fixed term 4 months (Commencing 1st November 2019) Location: Canterbury, East Kent                

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

Catchinglives’ Autumn 2019 Training Dates The below training is offered free to anyone who is interested. For more information or to reserve a place email terry@catchinglives.org. Substance Misuse Awareness Training – Wednesday 2nd October 2019 9am – 4.30pm Mental Health Awareness Training – Wednesday 9th October2019 9am – 4.30pm An

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

The Herne & Broomfield Garden Safari, (Open Gardens Day) will take place on Sunday June 9th from 10am to 5pm. The event is organised by Herne & Broomfield Parish Council and proceeds will be shared between Catching Lives and Herne & Broomfield Community Projects. It is one of the biggest

We are pleased to announce that Catching Lives has been shortlisted as a finalist at this year’s Kent Charity Awards. The team will be attending the gala evening on Thursday 13th June at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. We were delighted to win the award of Kent Community Charity of the