The Linden Grooves open the 2016 AGM Father John Kitchen Hanora Morrin, Mossie Lyons, Dorothy Woodward-Pynn and Paul Carter David Newman, recipient of the John Kitchen Award for Outstanding Service More than 150 people crammed into Linden Grove on the evening of Tuesday 29 November to celebrate the 25th anniversary Annual General Meeting of Kairos […]
At a curry night, on Wednesday (7 December), organised by the Dulwich Circle of the Catenians, Kairos director Mossie Lyons was presented with a cheque for £3,500, proceeds of the Circle’s third annual charity golf day at Sundridge Park in October. He thanked Shawn McCarthy, the Circle’s charity officer for nominating Kairos for this fundraising […]
As Kairos Community Trust’s 25th anniversary coincided with the Year of Mercy in the Catholic Church, the sponsor of our Medjugorje trips generously offered to fund a reunion visit to the shrine for anyone from Kairos who had been there over the past seven years. Thirty-seven people took up the offer and spent a week […]
Kairos thanks the Dulwich Circle of the Catenians for holding its third charity golf day for Kairos. Thirty-five golfers teed off at Sundridge Park Golf Club, Bromley, last Friday. They were joined by 35 more guests for the dinner that evening. The event now has its own competition plate, which was won by Catenian Peter […]
Open Book is a programme run by Goldsmiths College, University of London, to enable people previously excluded from further education to discover the benefits and pleasures of learning. Launched in 2003, Open Book has helped hundreds of people – including many with offending and addiction backgrounds – complete undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as well as […]
Sceptre and crown must tumble down and at the grotto be equal made with the poor crooked scythe and spade, writes Mossie Lyons, adapting the words of poet James Shirley. Lourdes is a great equaliser. There we share a common humanity, a common frailty and scraps of faith. From 17 to 22 September, 27 men […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]