News
Just for today: the Garden BBQ Programme
AA’s 81st Founders Day and the Kairos Garden Day Programme Summer BBQ were celebrated by old and new recovery friends, former and current Kairos residents and GDP participants last Friday (10 June) in warm sunshine and a happy atmosphere. Our thanks to the volunteers who helped make it a special day. Sandra, Mark, Gary, Sam […]
Printing the Kairos story
Kairos Community Trust is 25 this year and we are celebrating with a book that traces our story from soup kitchen to the thriving charity we are today. The Gift of Time was printed this week, and when our editor went to check the colour proofs at TCW Solutions in Woolwich, she was hoping to […]
New signs to recovery
Our thanks to Rob Duddy at 9Signs for our smart new signs which are popping up on Kairos buildings across south London. Our residential rehab at Bethwin Road in Camberwell, the Garden Day Programme in Nunhead and Head Office in Streatham are the first to sport our new livery.
Women’s services review lunch
All Kairos women – past and present, clients and staff – are invited to the annual review of Kairos’s women’s services next Wednesday at Head Office. There will be a buffet lunch and a chance to exchange views and ideas in a relaxed atmosphere. Women’s Services Review Lunch Wednesday, 18 May at 1pm 1pm buffet […]
Raised coffee cups raise €1,300
Our thanks to Irene McLaughlin in Dublin for opening her home last Thursday for a coffee morning that raised €1,300 (£1,009) towards the annual Kairos trip to Lourdes with the sick pilgrims on the Oblate pilgrimage in September. This figure included donations from Kerry, Cork and Offaly and invoved more than 50 people. In fact, […]
Congratulations and thank you, Elaine
Congratulations and a huge thank-you to Elaine Anderson-Wright from everyone at Kairos for her run in Sunday’s Brighton Marathon. Not only did she run the 26 miles and 385 yards in 4 hours 41 minutes and 34 seconds, she raised £940 (£1,170.00 with Gift Aid) for us. Thank you – and thanks to everyone who […]
Kairos takes part in Cambridge research
Throughout Kairos we like to treat everyone as an individual and put clients at the heart of their own recovery. With this in mind, the Kairos Garden Day Programme is now collaborating with Dr Karen Ersche and her team at the University of Cambridge, who are researching clients’ experience during recovery and what they feel […]
Elaine’s Marathon countdown
There are only 12 days to go until Elaine Anderson-Wright lines up at the start of the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 17 April, ready to run the 26 miles and 385 yards to raise money for Kairos. Elaine, who has run marathons in London, Paris and Jersey, has been in training since December. However, running […]
Sam’s a Southwark Star
Congratulations to Sam Chapman for her award of a Southwark Star, in recognition of more than 100 hours volunteering in the London borough of Southwark for Kairos Community Trust. She received her award at a ceremony hosted by Dora Dixon-Fyle, Mayor of Southwark, last Thursday evening. ”I am delighted that Sam’s valuable volunteering work with […]