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Recovery is the message on Bethwin’s walls
The courtyard at Kairos Bethwin Road has long been a place of informal recovery – somewhere to sit and chat with a cuppa, do Step work in the sunshine or just have a quiet cigarette. Now, the message of recovery has been turned into a pair of vibrant murals by resident Charlene. On one wall, […]
Welcome back, Yvonne
Bethwin Road welcomes back Yvonne Douglas. Yvonne first arrived in 2009 as a psychology student on a placement as part of her counselling degree at NUC (Newham University Centre); since qualifying she has been working an independent BACP-registered counsellor, spiritual coach and author. She’s delighted to be back one day a week to run meditation […]
Teeing off for Kairos again
We are delighted to announce that, for the third year running, the Dulwich Circle of the Catenians are dedicating the proceeds of their charity golf day and dinner to Kairos Community Trust, in particular for the renewal of furnishings at Linden Grove. The golf day will take place on Friday 7 October at top local […]
Kairos Community Conference 2016
Delegates at the Kairos Community Conference Dr Mike Kelleher Kairos manager Lorraine Beckford with Dr Kelleher Kairos manager Tim Penrice with Luke Bryan-Lai Rashpal Panesar and Hattie Moyes from RAPt Kairos manager Lee Slater, Dr Michael Heneghan and Mossie Lyons Francesca Roberts, CEO of CRASH Kairos manager Jessica Rood and Phil Rogers from Veterans Aid […]
Dave Nimmo RIP
Dear Kairos friend and sometime resident Dave Nimmo died on Friday 8 July at King’s College Hospital. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, 28 July at 12.45pm at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2 Knatchbull Road, Camberwell, London SE5 9QS. All friends are welcome. Instead of flowers, Dave’s mother has requested that donations […]
Try hands-on recovery in Peckham
Are you a Kairos resident who’s got some free leisure time and fancy trying something hands-on, like wood-working, restoring furniture, gardening, tinkering with old cars and the like? Then welcome to The Recovery Shed! Skills or no skills – no problem. If you want to give it a go, phone or text Michael on 07552 […]
Congratulations, Mr & Mrs McCulloch!
Our congratulations to Angie and Mick McCulloch on their marriage on Saturday at St James the Great in Elm Grove. Angie works at Bethwin Road and the couple’s Kairos family and friends turned out in force to join the wedding celebrations. All our best wishes for the future, Angie and Mick!
Kairos Community celebrates at Buckfast
As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, thirty-nine members of Kairos Community Trust – residents, staff, trustees, volunteers, family and friends – returned to Buckfast Abbey for a long weekend of retreat and community (23-26 June). This was our fourth visit to the Benedictine abbey, situated at the foot of Dartmoor in the beautiful Devon […]
Listening to mothers
A surprise visit by Gail Freedman was one of the highlights of the Kairos women’s services review lunch last month. Gail was part of Kairos in the early days and she later returned home to Wolverhampton, where she gained her BSc in counselling psychology. She is now embarking on a PhD at the University of […]
Recovery-on-Sea with Aisling in Ireland
Alex McDonnell, Coordinator of the Aisling Project, writes about returning to Ireland with Kairos residents “Since Aisling began running therapeutic breaks to Ireland in 1994, we have had to deal with the often difficult relationship Irish emigrants can have with alcohol. Unlike other orgnisations, we recognised that if we want to offer our clients the […]