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Flying the Nest – a documentary on youth homelessness
A documentary on youth homelessness by St. Edmund’s Catholic School, Dover, Creative & Media students (class of 2009-2010). Featuring real life stories from Porchlight and Catch 22 service users. Made in partnership with Dover District Council.
Change a Future campaign
In February 2011 we launched a campaign asking members of the public to let us know the location of rough sleepers.
Spotlight on Supported Housing – Ian’s story
Ian lives at one of our supported accommodation projects in the county. In this video he talks about how important it has been for him to have a stable base and regular one-to-one support.
Kent County Show 2010
Community Fundraising Officer Rachel van Hoven tells us about Porchlight’s new fundraising initiative ‘Picnic for Porchlight’ which was promoted at the 2010 Kent County Show.
100ft Abseil and Fundraising
On 27th March 2010 nine people abseiled 100ft down the side of Fremlin Walk shopping centre in Maidstone to raise funds for Porchlight. Watch them in action and learn how you can help us raise vital funds for vulnerable and homeless people in the county.
Rough Night? Conference
On 27th January 2010, Porchlight hosted its first conference entitled ‘Rough Night?’ Over 100 professionals from across the housing and homelessness sector attended to look at how they could end rough sleeping in Kent in line with the government’s England wide target of 2012. The conference also saw the launch of an independent piece of research commissioned by Porchlight to look at the provision for single homeless people in Kent and Medway. Download the full report – ‘Slipping through the net: Homeless people in Kent’…
Jay’s story
Jay left the comfort of his job and house in Folkestone to nurse a terminally ill relative, but was made homeless on his return.
Supported Housing Month
Video interview with Chief Executive, Mike Barrett for Supported Housing Month 16 November to 11 December 2009
Changing Lives for 35 Years
Watch our video interview with the Chief Executive, Mike Barrett, in which he talks about how provision and attitudes towards single homeless people has changed since 1974.
Homeless World Cup – England in Milan
This video shows the experiences of the England squad at the Homeless World Cup in Milan. After being chosen from 1,200 hopefuls, Matt Evans, currently accessing Porchlight services, represented his country as goalkeeper. England came in 10th place overall in the tournament out of 48 starting nations.
Homeless World Cup
Richard Barnard, Activity Worker, talks to Kent Online about Porchlight service user Matt Evans earning a place in the England squad….
Agency open day
Nick ‘Topper’ Headon, former drummer with Rock band ‘The Clash’ opens Porchlight’s agency day at Fern Court in Dover.
Kent County Show 2009
Interview with Deputy Chief Executive, Rachel Holliday, speaking from our exhibition at the Kent County Show.
Porchlight
This video explains the work of the charity and sets out our vision, mission and values.
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