Catching Lives would like to extend their thanks to CRISIS, who have made us an award of £4950 through their ‘In This Together’ grant programme. This Funding has been made available to meet the additional demand in resources caused by impact of the Coronvirus Pandemic. We greatly appreciate Crisis’s quick

Everyone at Catching Lives would like to thank every single person who made a donation to our our Covid-19 appeal, which has now closed. Thanks to the generosity of our community, it raised a magnificent £6519.50, which with Gift Aid added, brings a total of £7793.49. This funding will all

Catching Lives does not usually undertake these types of appeal. However in these exceptional times we are having to find food to provide 165 meals a day for homeless people. Usually at this time of year we would be serving between 30-50 meals a day. This has had a significant

Connect Well Kent have forwarded a very useful list of current support services that are available in East Kent. As well as Covid19 Council and Community Support Lines it has details of organisations supporting the elderly and vulnerable and those who are providing delivery services. There is also contact information

  We are working alongside Canterbury City Council to try and move rough sleepers into hotels in Canterbury. We are looking for more volunteers to help with shifts at these hotels. Ideally we are looking for people with experience of working with vulnerable adults, including those with substance misuse and

As of Tuesday 24th March, Catching Lives have taken the difficult decision to close the Open Centre and the winter shelter. This is due to the difficulty of maintaining any kind of social distance in the centre; we can’t minimise the infection possibilities while we remain open. We are working

Please note that from today, Monday 23rd March we have made the decision not to accept any donations of clothes until further notice. We are still open from 9am – 2pm, providing our usual services for the homeless but with minimal staff. In anticipation of us having to close the

An organisation called TranslationServices.com have translated fliers about COVID-19 prevention for homeless shelters and similar groups into the 30+ languages found most frequently in the world’s shelters. This very useful resource is absolutely free and has been created to help spread public health best practices to those you support. It