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Elaine runs a personal best for Kairos
Our congratulations and thanks go to Elaine Anderson-Wright, who today ran the Brighton Marathon for Kairos, for the second year in a row. She completed the 26 miles and 385 yards in a time of 4 hrs 29 mins and 18 secs – a whole 25 minutes faster than last year and a personal best. […]

Elaine’s hill-training for the Brighton marathon
Heading for the hills – and on to Brighton, in her new pair of trainers Elaine Anderson-Wright enters her final week of training before running the Brighton Marathon for Kairos on 9 April. “Last week, I was in Somerset for a family holiday and managed lots and lots of hill runs, which is great for […]

Linden Grove Annexe opens
Kairos opened the Annexe in Nunhead this week. The four-bedroom house will act as an extension to the John Kitchen Centre in Linden Grove. Annexe residents will attend the Garden Day Programme, a 12-week post-detox rehabilitation course, and they will be supported from Linden Grove. Another Kairos Community Trust development.

Elaine’s second Marathon for Kairos
Our thanks to Elaine Anderson-Wright for supporting Kairos again this year when she runs the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, 9 April. Last year, Elaine completed the 26.2-mile course in 4 hours 41 minutes and 34 seconds, and raised more than £1,000 for Kairos. With less than a month to go now, Elaine’s upped her training […]

Miriam Kilpatrick, our front-desk artist
What does it take to sit behind the front desk at Linden Grove? To be gate-keeper and receptionist, all the while fielding a constant stream of random enquiries from residents and staff?In Miriam Kilpatrick’s case, it’s a BA in fine art and an ambition to train as an art therapist. She’s been volunteering at Linden […]

Bee My Valentine!
“It’s 6ºC. As I look out my window, my heart is filled with joy. The bees are out. They have made it through the winter. Now they will fulfil their mission – to forage, pollinate, make honey, propogate, build up the colony. Good luck in your work, bees!” – Mossie Lyons

Kenneth Brennan RIP
Kenneth Brennan (1945-2017) died peacefully on Saturday 28 January after a short respiratory illness. Born in Dublin, Ken settled in London after serving in the British Army, in the Congo and Cyprus. He has been a valued member of Kairos right from our beginnings in Stonhouse Street more than 20 years ago and will be […]

Appointment at Bethwin Road
Angela McCulloch has been appointed housekeeper at Bethwin Road with responsibility for the general running of the house and catering.

The Kairos Crewe
Twelve Kairos people, residents and ex-residents, attended a most uplifting and inspiring retreat at the Oblate Retreat Centre in Crewe, 9-12 December. It was a sedate, reflective and restful way to prepare for Christmas and bring the curtain down on a very busy 25th anniversary year for Kairos. “As with any group coming together in […]
Kairos AGM 2016 – Celebrating 25 Years
The Linden Grooves open the 2016 AGM Father John Kitchen Hanora Morrin, Mossie Lyons, Dorothy Woodward-Pynn and Paul Carter David Newman, recipient of the John Kitchen Award for Outstanding Service More than 150 people crammed into Linden Grove on the evening of Tuesday 29 November to celebrate the 25th anniversary Annual General Meeting of Kairos […]