Kairos director Mossie Lyons was among the guests at CRASH’s annual Patrons’ Reception last Thursday night. Every year, the construction and property industry’s charity for the homeless holds an event to celebrate the companies and individuals who have given their valuable time and resources to support its cause. In this, its 20th Anniversary Year, CRASH […]
Kairos Community Trust thanks the Queen Mother’s Clothing Guild for its generous donation of new bed linen and men’s clothes. The QMCG started in the 19th century with a group of women making clothes for an orphanage in Dorset and their first royal patron was Queen Mary. Today, the charity distributes more than 25,000 items […]
Open Book is a programme run by Goldsmiths College, University of London, to enable people previously excluded from further education to discover the benefits and pleasures of learning. Launched in 2003, Open Book has helped hundreds of people – including many with offending and addiction backgrounds – complete undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as well as […]
Last Saturday night at the Shamrock Club, Welwyn Garden City, Gerry Byrne of Irish Radio presented a cheque for £1,175 to Kairos director Mossie Lyons. Gerry chose Kairos to be one of the three beneficiaries from the past two years’ sales of his CD, Gerry’s Radio Favourites. Thank you, Gerry, and all the patrons of […]
Sceptre and crown must tumble down and at the grotto be equal made with the poor crooked scythe and spade, writes Mossie Lyons, adapting the words of poet James Shirley. Lourdes is a great equaliser. There we share a common humanity, a common frailty and scraps of faith. From 17 to 22 September, 27 men […]
There’s really nothing that Kairos, Google and a good friend can’t accomplish together, as Dave Newman found when he started looking for sheltered housing for his old house-mate, Michael… “Michael and I had lived in the same Kairos house (Gabriel Street) in south London for 10 years, so when director Mossie Lyons asked if I […]
The courtyard at Kairos Bethwin Road has long been a place of informal recovery – somewhere to sit and chat with a cuppa, do Step work in the sunshine or just have a quiet cigarette. Now, the message of recovery has been turned into a pair of vibrant murals by resident Charlene. On one wall, […]
Bethwin Road welcomes back Yvonne Douglas. Yvonne first arrived in 2009 as a psychology student on a placement as part of her counselling degree at NUC (Newham University Centre); since qualifying she has been working an independent BACP-registered counsellor, spiritual coach and author. She’s delighted to be back one day a week to run meditation […]
We are delighted to announce that, for the third year running, the Dulwich Circle of the Catenians are dedicating the proceeds of their charity golf day and dinner to Kairos Community Trust, in particular for the renewal of furnishings at Linden Grove. The golf day will take place on Friday 7 October at top local […]
Delegates at the Kairos Community Conference Dr Mike Kelleher Kairos manager Lorraine Beckford with Dr Kelleher Kairos manager Tim Penrice with Luke Bryan-Lai Rashpal Panesar and Hattie Moyes from RAPt Kairos manager Lee Slater, Dr Michael Heneghan and Mossie Lyons Francesca Roberts, CEO of CRASH Kairos manager Jessica Rood and Phil Rogers from Veterans Aid […]