Our new leaflet about Kairos and our services is now available from head office and also to download and print. It fits on two sides of ordinary A4 paper. If you print on both sides of one sheet, you can fold it in thirds (like a take-away menu). The leaflet includes a handy map of […]
One of the most challenging moments in early recovery comes towards the end of rehab, with the question: “So, what do you want to do next?” Devin Brooks didn’t hesitate, he already had the answer: bricklaying. “I tried to do bricklaying twice before and I dropped out because of the drink. This time, however, being […]
Kairos Community Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Lorraine Beckford as manager of our Linden Grove community detox hostel; she brings many years experience both as a manager and psychotherapist. Senior support worker Vincent Mahe becomes assistant manager. Samantha Chapman will be joining the Linden Grove team part-time as a counsellor and Adrian […]
A few months ago, Kairos bought a second house in Limesdale Gardens, Brent, creating (together with one rented property) three Kairos houses in a row. This is a unique opportunity to develop our community in north London. CRASH, the building industry charity, is once again supporting and facilitating the development of Kairos move-on housing. And […]
These two texts received by Kairos managers last week – bouquets out of the blue – made a wonderful start to our 25th anniversary year. Thank you! Hello! It’s A.T. here. I just saw you looking in your car boot as I passed by on the bus! It occurs to me that I’ve never actually […]
Kairos is proud to welcome Dr Arvind Madan of the Hurley Group. The Hurley Group is one of London’s largest providers of NHS GP services and has been providing care for the residents of our Linden Grove community detox hostel for many years. We are indeed fortunate that Dr Madan has a long-standing clinical interest […]
Congratulations to Sam Chapman, who has been awarded her Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling by Hackney Community College. “Sam has been bringing her care, understanding and skills to the clients and staff of the Garden Day Programme in a voluntary capacity since 2012 and we’re all really delighted to share in her success,” says […]
Director Mossie Lyons held the ticket bag while Julie Kingsun Dale (above) and Nick Koldhar picked out the winning raffle tickets today. Lorraine Beckford won first prize (£100); Mohamed Rajpoot won the £50 meat voucher; Martin Flaherty and Denis Walsh each won a Christmas cake. Thank you to everyone who promoted and supported the annual […]
“How do you get here? Well, you know Kairos at Elm Grove – I live with Kairos. Or maybe Kairos lives with me!” Originally from Kerry, Father Jack Dillon became part of Kairos’s extended south London family when he took over the parish of St James’s the Great at Peckham Rye five years ago. […]
One of the seasonal benefits of attending the Kairos Garden Day Programme is the wonderful display of lights put on by our neighbours in Nunhead Grove. Thank you, everyone!