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!
Getting clean and sober in your own language is hard work, but imagine how hard it is to share in group or at a meeting in a foreign language. However, many visitors and immigrants find the determination and courage to do so. Like Kairos graduate, Krzysztof from Poland, who has gone a step further and […]
The large dining-room at Linden Grove – once a church hall – and the balcony overlooking it were packed to overflowing on Tuesday night for this, the 24th Annual General Meeting of Kairos Community Trust. Residents past and present, staff, trustees, volunteers, our extended families and friends were welcomed by Hanora Morrin, chair of Trustees.The […]
RAPt (the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust) has been working with Kairos for the past two years to support former offenders in their sobriety and integration back into the community. Here, Hattie Moyes, RAPt’s research and development manager, reviews this successful and ongoing partnership. RAPt is the leading provider of intensive, abstinence-based drug and alcohol […]
Thank you everyone who took part in the Dulwich Catenians and Holy Ghost Fathers golf day and dinner earlier this month at Sundridge Park Golf Club, Bromley that raised £4,035 in aid of Kairos Community Trust.