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 […]
Garden Day Programme counsellor Simon Eve was on the Kairos staff minibus to Upper Normandy in France for a ‘works outing’ to the Grandcourt Chateau. It was tough… As one of the 11 intrepid fellow travellers said to me after what can only be described as a fantastic work trip to Normandy recently, ‘It’s really […]
Friday, 15 June 2018 was Kairos Garden Day Programme’s BBQ day and again there was a fine turn-out, with a guesstimate of between 70 and 90 coming to share good food, music, company in the sunshine, writes Tim Penrice, GDP manager. This annual event is now established in our calendar as a summer celebration of […]
Aisling Return to Ireland takes groups of Irishmen and women back home on holiday so they can reconnect with their family and roots, often after long and difficult separations. Here, two Kairos members of a recent group share their experiences. “I have just come back from a wonderful trip to Wexford in south-east Ireland. Going […]
Kairos Move-on house residents taking part in the Recovery Shed project have restored three garden benches at our Linden Grove community detox hostel. They dismantled, sanded and repaired them before restaining them in colours chosen by Vincent Mahe, assistant manager of Linden Grove. Only three more and a gazebo to go… Thank you, Shedders!
The first hive inspection of the year at Head Office took place on Thursday. It was a glorious sunny spring day, which the bees seemed to enjoy, too, as they buzzed back and forth to the hive, laden with golden pollen. Our thanks go to Mick Coen from the Bromley branch of the Kent Beekeepers, […]
Kairos invites residents, staff and friends to celebrate mass to remember and pray for the homeless everywhere at St James the Great, Elm Grove, Peckham Rye. Sunday 10 December at 12 noon – all welcome.
Kairos applauds the Dulwich golfers. Mossie Lyons flanked by organisers John O’Sullivan (left), president of the Dulwich Cathenians, and Peter O’Sullivan. Dominic tells diners about Kairos’s work. Our thanks go to the 40 golfers who teed off at Sundridge Park Golf Club on Friday (27 Oct) in the annual charity golf match organised by the […]
On 16 September, 31 Kairos men and women set out for Lourdes on the annual pilgrimage with the Oblates from the Anglo-Irish Province. The Kairos group spent the week helping more than 100 assisted guests in the hospital there. “This was one of those times when words fail to describe an experience,” says Mossie Lyons. […]