Catching Lives

Catching Lives Winter Appeal 2024/25

Catching Lives £50,000 winter appeal will ensure we can deliver our seven-day-a-week services day and night throughout Winter. Funds raised will support our Night Shelter and Day Centre services through winter and beyond.
£14,987
raised of £50,000 target
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In response to rising rough sleeping, Canterbury Community Shelter is going ahead this year, providing bed spaces for up to 15 people a night during the coldest months of the year.

Thanks to a £10,000 grant from Canterbury City Council and your generous donations to our Winter Fundraising Appeal last year, we are able to go ahead - but we need your help to continue delivering our seven-day-a-week services, day and night.

We're hoping to raise £50,000 towards opening the Winter Shelter for three months, as well as keeping our Day Centre services running through winter and beyond.

It's a terrible situation to see so many people having to sleep rough, often in unsafe locations and through the worst winter weather. We’ll be working with the Council, Porchlight and other partners to help people move on from the Shelter into housing.

- £5 could go towards hot drinks at our Day Centre to keep people warm in cold weather

- £8 could provide breakfast and lunch for a week for one person experiencing homelessness

- £19 could provide essential services for a day to a person experiencing homelessness

- £47 could host someone for the night at Canterbury Community Shelter

Your support could help us to save lives this winter.

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Catching Lives

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Catching Lives supports people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Canterbury and East Kent, providing day centre, outreach and tenancy sustainment services. We work to end the harm caused by homelessness, rough sleeping and insecure housing.

Donation summary

Total raised
£14,987.00
+ £3,060.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£14,987.00
Offline donations
£0.00
Direct donations
£14,977.00
Donations via fundraisers
£10.00

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