Kairos Community Trust’s 23rd Annual General Meeting was held at Linden Grove on the evening of 25 November. The dining-room was full to overflowing with past and present residents and staff, volunteers, friends and supporters who had come to hear about how Kairos had fared in 2014 […]
Locksley Walters, Kairos driver and beekeeper, was one of the six men and women from Kairos who went to Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina this year to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Medjugorje. Their trip was a further generous gift from a benefactor who shares his love of Medjugorje with so many of […]
The Dulwich Catenians & St James Golf Society raised £3,240 for Kairos Community Trust at their charity golf day last month, when 22 golfers played a round at he Dulwich and Sydenham Hill Golf Club and some 50 people enjoyed the dinner afterwards. The society plans to make it an annual event. Thank you, everyone! […]
The Annual General Meeting takes place next Tuesday (25 Nov, 6.30pm) and we look forward to welcoming our trustees to Linden Grove once again and to hearing their reports. However, have you ever wondered what they do the rest of the year? Here, two trustees explain their work and reflect on what it means to […]
“Good morning, Kairos Linden Grove. Angie speaking…” From behind the front desk at the community detox hostel in Linden Grove, Angela Kirby reflects on her first four months as a Kairos volunteer. “Okay, so I have been asked to write a bit about volunteering but what do I actually do as a volunteer? Sometimes I’m […]
Twenty Kairos men and women travelled to Lourdes last month to help in the hospital there with disabled and sick people who were on pilgrimage from Dublin. This is the fifth year that director Mossie Lyons and a group from Kairos have joined the annual Oblate Anglo-Irish Pilgrimage. “What stands out about the week,” says […]
Joanna (“Asia”) Mania recently gained her MSc in Addiction Psychology and Counselling (with Merit) from London South Bank University. Here, she writes about her student placement at Kairos that was an important part of her training. “Before I started my student placement at Kairos, I worked and volunteered at many different places in England and […]
The Dulwich Catenians & St James Golf Society is dedicating the proceeds of their charity golf day on Friday, 10 October, to Kairos Community Trust. There will be prizes for the Longest Drive, Nearest the Pin, Best Score, Worst Score, plus a raffle. Tickets (£60 per head) cover a round of golf at the Dulwich […]
The annual Kairos honey harvest BBQ was held last week at Guildersfield Road. Fearless beekeepers Kenny and Locksley took honeycombs from two hives, contending with very active and stinging bees that wouldn’t be “smoked” into submission. (“Proper south London bees” was the beekeepers’ verdict.) They then demonstrated how the honey is extracted, first breaking the […]
Congratulations to all Kairos students who have completed courses and passed exams this year. Newly qualified Kairos staff and volunteers include: Martin Flaherty – fire marshal, first aid, safe handling of medicine and NLP certificate in listening skills; Vincent Mahe – certificate in Facilitating of Therapy Groups; Keith Muir – basic food and hygiene and […]