The annual Kairos trip to Lourdes to assist with the Oblate pilgrimage of the Anglo-Irish Province took place from 13-19 September. Forty of us travelled to the foothills of the Pyrenees, undeterred by the Metro strike when we changed trains and stations in Paris. Helping the assisted guests in the Accueil (hospital) was the same […]
Eleven staff from Linden Grove and the Garden Day Programme piled into the minibus and set off for the second time to Upper Normandy in France for a ‘works outing’ to the Grandcourt Chateau. Sam, Vincent and Joe report from the autoroute… And here we are again… on the road to an extremely peaceful and […]
Contraband, the group initially formed to play at last year’s AGM, is enjoying continuing success. They have two new bookings for March 2019: the Cocaine Anonymous convention in Hayes, Kent (2 March), and CA’s first London Area weekend convention (29-31 March). Vince Mahe, bandleader and assistant manager of Linden Grove says, “We’re about to start […]
Once again, Linden Grove staff and residents were our hosts for Kairos Christmas Day this year. Here, two residents talk about the day. Thank you everyone … and a Happy New Year to you all! I was feeling despondent on Christmas Day so got myself to a meeting and was in two minds whether to […]
Theatre company Cardboard Citizens is bringing their latest ‘forum’ play – Rising by Femi Keeling – to Linden Grove on Friday 30 November, 10.30am. The play starts with Terrence’s release after a short prison sentence – he’s full of hope, but faced with battles against the system and demons from his past, he’s on the […]
Our congratulations to Robert Druce on his sell-out success at the New Hanbury Project exhibition last night!
Our thanks to the Dulwich Circle of the Catenians who donated the proceeds of their annual charity golf match to Kairos for the fifth year in a row. The event took place on Friday 14 September, at Sundridge Park – where we had a record turn out of 38 players. It was a great day […]
The five days spent in Lourdes last week with the annual Oblate pilgrimage of the Anglo-Irish Province was a special experience for the 34 Kairos men and women who made the train journey to the foothills of the Pyrenees to help in the hospital. Tough, tiring and never far from the raw emotion of being […]
As part of their continuing work on making a Karios archive, Rory O’Connell and Marsha Dunstan went to the East Sussex Archive near Brighton for a one-day workshop on preserving the records of UK charities last Monday. The idea behind the event was that historic records of many charities in the welfare sector, particularly those […]
Once again this year, Kairos director Mossie Lyons attended the annual conference of Homeless Link, the umbrella organisation for homelessness charities. Here, he reports on the event held from 2-4 July. The keynote speakers, including Polly Neate, CEO of the charity Shelter, helped the conference kick off with a reflection on the role of housing […]