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Three in a row, in Brent
We’re pleased to announce the purchase of 16 Limesdale Gardens, Burnt Oak in the London Borough of Brent. “It is the right house at the right time, a Kairos moment,” says Mossie Lyons. “We already have numbers 18 and 20, so now we have a community in north London of three neighbouring houses with […]
Cobb’s Cowboys ride into Eugenia Road
Hats off to Regional Sales Manager Mike Cobb and his team of business, regional development and specification account managers from Dulux Trade […]
Welcome to the City of Stories
On Saturday, the Kairos team who had helped to build the City of Stories joined the public open day for the finished project in Dalston. The upside down city of cardboard – actually a 1:50 scale representation of the Dalston skyline – was suspended from scaffolding in the front courtyard of architects Levitt Bernstein as […]
Good company on the Garden path
The second Open Day BBQ at the Garden Day Programme celebrated Kairos recovery and the 80th birthday of AA in the sunshine of 10 June 2015 – and no one went away hungry this year!It was a real coming together of recovery professionals and community set to the music of Jim Smith and the food […]
Visit the City of Stories on Saturday
Remember all that cardboard in the dining-room at Linden Grove a few weeks ago? Come and see what Kairos residents have helped to make and how all those mysterious shapes have been transformed into the City of Stories this Saturday (13 June). The installation is Levitt Bernstein‘s contribution to the London Festival of Architecture. This […]
Congratulations and thank you, Gemma!
Our congratulations and thanks go to Gemma O’Driscoll, who yesterday ran her first-ever marathon, to raise money for the homeless. She completed the 26.2-mile London Marathon course in 4 hours 33 minutes and, at the time of writing, has raised £1,005, to be divided 80/20 between Kairos and St Mungo’s. There’s still time to add […]
A Labour of Love at Linden Grove
Together with CRASH, the building industry charity, Kairos is collaborating with Levitt Bernstein Architects on their project for the London Festival of Architecture 2015. Under the guidance of artist A Labour of Love, Kairos residents are helping to build a large-scale cardboard city which will be installed in the courtyard of the award-winning architects’ Dalston […]
Gemma O’Driscoll’s marathon run for Kairos
We’ll be cheering on Gemma O’Driscoll as she runs the 26.2 miles of the London Marathon on Sunday 26 April. If her name sounds familiar, that’s because she the niece of Kairos yoga teacher Eileen O’Driscoll and one of a long line of distinguished sportsmen and women. Gemma is running to raising money for two […]
Calling Kairos women …
Kairos is holding its annual review of women’s services and wants to hear from Kairos women past and preset, clients and staff. Building on the success of last year’s event, you are again invited to come and exchange views and ideas in a friendly, informal atmosphere over lunch. Date: Friday, 24 April 2015 Time: 12.30 […]
Making more room for recovery with CRASH
The latest stage in the redevelopment of the Kairos move-on house in Eugenia Road, Southwark, was completed last week when residents moved into the two new ground-floor bedrooms. One room was built on the site of the disused garage, the other was part of internal modifications that also included the installation of a new wet-room […]