News
Summer promenade with the BRIT School
The unique creative collaboration between the BRIT School and Kairos will culminate in a promenade event at Linden Grove on 12 July (time to be announced). It will include drama, music, photography and other media. It’s not too late to get involved – if you’re interested in joining the artistic adventure, contact Mossie Lyons at […]
Bee hives’ spring inspection
On their first inspection of the year last Thursday, Kairos beekeepers found that eight out of our nine hives have survived the exceptionally hard winter; the bees look healthy and ready for their summer work of pollination across the parks and gardens of south London. About our bees
Garden Day Programme appointment
Kairos is pleased to welcome Gillie Sliz to the staff. She is joining the Garden Day Programme team as counsellor and Assistant Manager.
Visit from Cardboard Citizens & Kate Tempest
The Cardboard Citizens theatre company and the award-winning writer Kate Tempest visited our community detox hostel at Linden Grove last Thursday to perform her latest work, Glasshouse. The Citizens’ five actors and their stage manager transformed the dining room into a theatre for the afternoon for more than 30 residents, clients and staff. Glasshouse is […]
Kairos becomes an Exor supplier
Kairos Community Trust has achieved its Social Services Level 1 accreditation to Exor, the compliance-monitoring organisation, demonstrating that we are meeting our regulatory and social responsibilities.
Cooperative award for Second Chance group
The Cooperative’s Community Fund has awarded the Move-on team manager Robert Clements £2000 for supporting volunteers and towards the running of Kairos Community Trust’s Second Chance Group. The group has been supporting former prisoners in recovery since 2008 with the help of volunteers and staff. For more information about the Second Chance group and the […]
New staff appointments
Kairos Community Trust is pleased to welcome the following new members of staff: Lorraine Beckford, deputy manager of Linden Grove community detox hostel; Gabriel David Dixon, counsellor and therapist at Bethwin Road residential rehab; Jessica Rood, manager of the Aftercare Programme; and Chris Farnell, counsellor and therapist at the Aftercare Programme.
Five new Diplomas in Health & Social Care
We wish to congratulate Kairos-supported students Debbie Brathwaite, Nick Earl, Sammy Hicks, David Nimmo and Cas Lawrence for achieving their Diplomas in Health and Social Care (level 3).
The BRIT School comes to Kairos
The Community Arts Practice students from The BRIT School, Croydon, have been collaborating with Kairos since the beginning of the year to create a series of writing and performance workshops at our Linden Grove hostel. This week, the workshop was run by Grammy award-winning Floetry’s Natalie Stewart. A new timetable of music workshops will start […]
Dr Jasper Mordhorst joins Kairos trustees
Kairos Community Trust is proud to welcome Dr Jasper Mordhorst to our board of trustees. A GP specialising in addiction, he brings expertise and enthusiasm in equal measure. Dr Mordhorst first got to know Kairos when he was a GP in Peckham with a practice providing medical services to our Linden Grove community detox hostel. […]