Kairos students at City Lit
Martin in the sculpture workshop on the Foundation Art and Design course. Congratulations to the three Kairos graduates who are currently doing courses at the City Lit in art and in counselling.
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Visitors from Veterans Aid
Today, Kairos had a chance to welcome Dorothy Jones, Veterans Aid’s new (and first-ever) Fundraising Manager. She came to Linden Grove with VA’s Head of Addiction Services, Phil Rogers, on his weekly visit to veterans referred by VA to Kairos services. Kairos is proud to have been working with VA since 2008.• More info about […]
More rooms for recovery at Linden Grove
The three new counselling and meeting rooms at Linden Grove have been completed and are now in use. This is the first project that has been built by Kairos staff from start to finish. Denis Walsh and Malachy Carter (who has joined Kairos part-time), created the three rooms and corridor from the old exercise room.“These […]
New counsellor joins Bethwin Road
Kairos Community Trust is delighted to welcome Sian Thomas, the new counsellor at Bethwin Road, our residential rehab in Camberwell. Sian writes: “After many years working in the NHS, I inadvertently fell into training in addictions counselling. This has resulted in the most enjoyable past three years, combining academic work with working in drug and […]
Christmas raffle results
The Christmas raffle for the annual Kairos trip to Lourdes in September with the Anglo-Irish Oblates raised nearly £1,000. The prize-winners were: 1st (£100) Malachy Carter 2nd (£50) Kenny Brown 3rd (Christmas Hamper) Sean Seetah 4th (Cake) Eileen Nimmo 5th (All butter shortbread biscuits) Shawn McCarthy 6th (Tin of Haribo sweets) Denis Walsh 7th (Box […]
A Merry Christmas and a Kairos New Year
“At this time, leading up to Christmas, there is a tangible sense of expectation running through Kairos. “Christmas is a magical time, holding a special place in most hearts. Whatever its meaning for you, I wish everyone in Kairos, our benefactors and friends a peaceful and relaxing Christmas” – Mossie Lyons, Director.
Kairos AGM 2017: Recovery and community
The dining room at Linden Grove was decorated with birthday banners and beautiful flowers and as director Mossie Lyons welcomed everyone to the 26th Kairos Annual General Meeting last Tuesday evening (28 Nov), guests were still arriving, reports Tim Penrice. His first introduction was Giam-Pierro M (volunteer and trainee support worker) who played a solo […]
‘Matters of Substance’ at the IGA
Kairos counsellors Gillie Sliz, Sam Chapman and Tim Penrice took part in an informative day’s training last Friday (1 Dec) at the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA). The working title for the day was Matters of Substance: How do groups help those with drug and alcohol problems? and it was facilitated by clinical psychologists and […]
Life after Kairos 1: It’s nothing like the movies
‘Social life is important, so are fun, variety, mirth and excitement,’ writes Dave Newman It is just over three years since it was gently suggested to me and others, that 10 years plus in a Kairos move-on house was long enough. A few months later, I also retired at age 68 from Royal Mail, after […]
Life after Kairos 2: From Sea to Tree
Jon shares his Kairos path to recovery and a new life in the treetops At the beginning of October 2016, my life had come to a head: 30 years of drink, drugs, violence, pain and suffering for myself and others. I had had enough. I was sitting in a hostel with a bottle of vodka, […]