News
Ben’s weekend in the other man’s shoes
A very big ‘thank you’ to Ben Lucas and all those who sponsored him. Ben has raised more than £2,000 for us with his one-man sponsored sleep-out. Here’s his story… “I took to the streets of London for a weekend in the middle of January to get a glimpse of the hardship that homelessness breeds […]
Kairos Archive Afternoon
Last Saturday afternoon, a group of “old Kairosians” – staff, volunteers and friends – met in the dining-room at Linden Grove to share their memories of Kairos, over tea and Sandra’s cake. The event was pilot for the Kairos Archive project that is collecting stories and photographs from the first 27 years to hand down […]
We raise our coffee cups to Irene McLaughlin!
Once again, Kairos says a heart-felt “thank-you” to Irene McLaughlin and her friends. Irene’s now-famous annual coffee-and-cake morning in Dublin recently raised €1,500 towards the annual Kairos trip to Lourdes. This year, some 40 men and women from Kairos Community will travel with the sick pilgrims on the Oblate pilgrimage in September. Thank you, everyone!
Working bee at Head Office
The first hive inspection of the year at Head Office took place on Thursday. It was a glorious sunny spring day, which the bees seemed to enjoy, too, as they buzzed back and forth to the hive, laden with golden pollen. Our thanks go to Mick Coen from the Bromley branch of the Kent Beekeepers, […]
Norbury Move-on house refurbished
The refurbishment of our Move-on house in Norbury, London SW16, purchased last year, has been completed and it is now home to five men and women in recovery. The Kairos maintenance team contributed greatly to the work which has resulted in a fifth bedroom, a new bathroom, kitchen, dining-sitting room.
Welcome, Giam-Pierro!
Kairos Community Trust welcomes Giam-Pierro Mozzi, who joins the Supported Housing team part-time. The 10-strong team works with more than 170 men and women living in 30 Kairos move-on houses across six London boroughs.
Big Lottery grant for new Kairos Recovery Hub
Kairos is delighted to announce that the National Lottery has awarded us a Big Lottery grant to fund a complex-needs support worker for three years. S/he will focus on the 10 residents in our two houses that will form the new Kairos Recovery Hub, centered on our community detox hostel at Linden Grove. “This grant […]
Kairos Trustees Are Trading Places
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 […]
20 years at number 22 Linden Grove
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 […]