Four Kairos residents have just returned from visiting the shrine of Our Lady of Medjugorje and the surrounding area in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their trip was the gift of a benefactor who shares his love of Medjugorje most generously and who has in recent years enabled more than one hundred Kairos residents to make the […]
Three Kairos residents have been home to Ireland on holiday this summer to reconnect in recovery with family and friends, thanks to the Aisling Return to Ireland project. For one Kairos man, this was his first trip home in sobriety. “It was a momentous visit for him,” says John Glynn, the Aisling outreach worker who […]
Thirty-six Kairos staff, trustees, volunteers, residents, friends and family gathered in the sunshine at Buckfast Abbey for our biennial long weekend of retreat, relaxation and community (27-30 June). Tucked into the hills at the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, the Benedictine abbey was once again the perfect place to experience both serenity of being and […]
Kairos Community Trust and students from the BRIT School have been working together over the past months to create I think angels just saved me – the Kairos journey, which will be performed for the first time on Friday 12 July. Based on interviews with 20 people who have experienced rehab and recovery at Kairos, […]
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 […]
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 […]