This month Hanora Morrin, Chairman of Kairos Community Trust for the past 12 years, has stepped down to rejoin the Board of Trustees, and Trustee Paul Carter has stepped up to take over as Chairman. So ‘Farewell’, ‘Thank you’, ‘Welcome’ and ‘Congratulations’ are all in order. Welcome, Paul Carter! Our new Chairman is a familiar […]
Kairos arrived at 22 Linden Grove, Nunhead, 20 years ago this month. The building was a wreck but staff and volunteers (like our friend pictured here), managed to make it habitable by 26 March, when Fr John Kitchen, Tony Walsh and six residents moved here from Stonhouse Street in Clapham. In the 20 years since […]
Kairos has a new move-on flat – at the Oval. It’s home to three Kairos residents who are heading towards independent living, through different forms of training. They’ve all relocated from regular move-on houses in South London and, although support workers visit regularly, it’s support with a light-touch. “Three’s a good number and the flat […]
It all started in 2016… Sophie Hanrahan and the CGL team on their first visit to Limesdale Gardens. Brent Council has granted Kairos Community Trust planning permission to extend our move-on house at 16 Limesdale Gardens. This will enable us to add four more bedrooms and build a single-storey extension at the rear to enlarge […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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.