The student-led volunteering society, Canterbury Homeless Outreach (CHO), is passionate about helping the homeless.

The student group fundraises for homeless charities such as Porchlight and Catching Lives, and aims to raise awareness of issues affecting homeless people.

CHO recently held a ‘Party for Porchlight’ to celebrate 40 years of the Charity’s work and raise essential funds to support the work they carry out. The event was a huge success and featured a raffle, apple bobbing, Halloween themed drinks and loads of giveaways!

The Penny Theatre hosted the event and Canterbury Homeless Outreach did all the organising. 15 volunteers were closely involved in the planning of the event and the whole society contributed to decision making, leafleting and walking buses.

This was a fantastic effort made by Canterbury Homeless Outreach volunteers and the event raised an amazing £584 through ticket sales alone. Making a significant contribution to their £5000 fundraising target for the year.

Canterbury Homeless Outreach a number of bucket collections this month so keep an eye out on their Facebook page for details of how to get involved.