Catching Lives Arts Project This summer we are running an arts competition to celebrate both 10 years of Catching Lives working with the homeless in Canterbury and East Kent, and also World Homeless Day on the 10th October 2020 which aims to raise awareness of homelessness and its impact on
Catching Lives, the Canterbury based independent charity aimed at ending the harm caused by rough sleeping, is responding to an announcement issued by Canterbury City Council (CCC) last week regarding extra funding that has been issued to house rough sleepers, and in particular to the number of individuals currently street
You can now read our report on last winter’s Canterbury Community Shelter here As always we send our thanks to all who were involved in the running of the shelter, including all staff and volunteers at Catching Lives, our seven church venues, and others from the local community such as
Catching Lives would like to send a big thank you to everyone at Translation Services for supporting us through translating a multitude of phrases into Romanian and Bulgarian. This includes information about our services and the support needs people may have which will allow us to help clients who do
Below is an update on what kinds of donations we are currently able to accept Much of this is limited by available storage space at our centre, which is now lower than it previously was due to changes we’ve made inside that were needed to make sure everyone
Catching Lives Arts Coordinator, Miriam Ellis, has come up with a brilliant idea to help homeless people tap into their creativity during lockdown, alleviate the boredom of self-isolation, and help them to create a better sense of wellbeing. Soon after our centre closed at the end of March due to
Lord Gawain Douglas will recite Tennyson’s Morte d’Arthur live on Facebook as a way of connecting with others but also to raise money for Catching Lives. On 23rd May at 5pm you can log onto The Lighthouse’s page to listen: https://www.facebook.com/thelighthousedeal/ Morte d’Arthur by Tennyson is a poetic masterpiece of
Catching Lives would like to thank Kent Community Foundation and Nationwide Building Society for supporting our work and awarding us much needed funding. Last month we received a Nationwide Community Grant of £26,500, a significant contribution towards funding our Mental Health Outreach Specialists. Many of our homeless clients are unable