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Congratulations, Sarah McGoldrick
Congratulations to Kairos support worker Sarah McGoldrick, who has been awarded her diploma in Adult Social Care and the Care of Children and Young People (Level 3) by City & Guilds. Sarah is based at Head Office and works with our supported housing team and our women’s services.
Turkish addiction specialists visit Linden Grove
Kairos was proud to welcome a delegation of addiction treatment professionals from Turkey, who visited Linden Grove on Tuesday, writes Tim Penrice. Led by psychiatrist and advisor to the Turkish Ministry of Health, Professor Kultegin Ogel, the team comprising psychiatrists, doctors, social workers and criminal justice workers were on a fact-finding mission to learn how […]
Welcome to new Kairos staff
Kairos is delighted to welcome new members of staff: Sam Chapman, counsellor at Linden Grove; Lee Vines, support worker with the move-on team; James Hopkins, night support worker at Bethwin Road; and Sahra Khatun in the finance department at Head Office.
Kairos Women’s Review Lunch 2017
Calling all Kairos women – past and present, clients and staff! You are invited to share your experiences as women living and working in Kairos. This is our annual women’s lunch and it is an opportunity to shape our women’s services for 2017-18. So come and exchange views and develop your ideas in a friendly, […]
Irene’s cups and cakes raise €1,622
Our thanks to Irene McLaughlin in Dublin, who again this year welcomed a bevvy of supporters into her home for a coffee and cake morning that lasted well into the afternoon. They raised €1,622 towards the annual Kairos trip to Lourdes with the sick pilgrims on the Oblate pilgrimage in September. Thank you all!
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 […]