News & Updates

Here's how you can help people who are homeless this World Homeless Day and beyond.

Here's your September update from Catching Lives

Michał Piotrowski runs Visual Poetry at Catching Lives

Here's your August update from Catching Lives

Catching Lives is calling on the community to take part in its annual Harvest Festival Appeal.

Catching Lives is recruiting a Chair and new Trustees to join our Board

Due to career progression among the team, we're recruiting a new Project Worker

Artist Vicky Dyball, who works at Rock Paper Scissors, runs Vicky's Art Club workshops twice a month at Catching Lives.

Here's your July update from Catching Lives

Catching Lives is recruiting to its team of Locum Project Workers.

Catching Lives is launching a £3,000 fundraising appeal to replace one of our industrial washing machines that is coming to the end of its life.

Catching Lives is recruiting a new Chair and new Trustees to join our Board

This is your June update from Catching Lives. We started this month by celebrating Volunteers’ Week and we’re ending the month celebrating being shortlisted as a finalist for Community Charity of The Year at the Kent Charity Awards.

Artist Alex Boican has been running Nervous Drawing workshops at Catching Lives since July 2022.

This Volunteers’ Week (Monday 2 to Sunday 8 June), Catching Lives is appealing for volunteers after a drop in applications.

Welcome to your May update. During Volunteers’ Week (Monday 2 to Sunday 8 June), Catching Lives is appealing for volunteers after a recent decline in applications.

This is your April update from Catching Lives. Online bidding has begun for our charity art auction.

An art auction to raise funds for Catching Lives launches this week with online bidding opening on Thursday 24 April. 

Catching Lives will be taking part in the Kent Charity Trek on Saturday 17 May, walking 25km to raise money for our charity.

Spring is here and this March, we have some great news to share.

Two part time fixed roles in our Day Centre

Figures for Canterbury show that 31 people were recorded to be sleeping rough, compared to 33 people in 2023.

Catching Lives saw a 21 per cent increase in footfall at our Day Centre in 2024 compared to the previous year. 

This February, we are celebrating two fundraisers completing challenges and smashing their targets.