Brendan McGill’s completed his third week of his Irish Odyssey – a round-Ireland bike ride to visit family, have an adventure and fundraise for Kairos along the way. Here are a selection of Brendan’s ‘electric postcards’ from his ride this week. He tells us he’s pedalled past Donald Trump’s golf course in Co Clare, camped […]
Kairos Community Trust will changing its chosen online giving platform to Wonderful*, as of the beginning of July but as yet we cannot say exactly from what date. BT My Donate is closing on Sunday, 30 June 2019. Launched in April 2011, it was the first commission-free service of its kind. BT says it is […]
Brendan McGill and Kairos director Mossie Lyons outside Linden Grove this week. This coming Tuesday morning (28 May), Brendan McGill is sailing for Dublin with his Surly touring bike, paniers fully loaded, to start his round-Ireland ride. He plans to visit the extremities of the island: Mizen Head in the south, the Dingle Peninsula in […]
Tarquin with Mossie Lyons at Linden Grove yesterday When Tarquin White completed the London Marathon for Kairos on 28 April, he’d run 26.2 miles in 4 hours 8 minutes and 10 seconds – and raised an amazing £2,346 for Kairos. Yesterday, he dropped in to Linden Grove to tell us about his experience. “This is […]
“This is a case of nine in a row to help ten in a row,” writes Kairos director Mossie Lyons. “In 2010, 10 men from Kairos went to Lourdes for the first time. We met Irene McLaughlin there and she pledged her support to the group and, true to her word, with a group of […]
Yesterday, Tarquin White collected his number and competitors kit for the London Marathon this Sunday (28 April), along with the T-shirt of his chosen charity – Kairos Community Trust. The weather forecast for the day is coolish (11-13ºC) and dry – good news for runners and supporters alike. So find a spot along the 26.2-mile […]
When Tarquin White heads out on his London Marathon run on Sunday 28 April, he will be running the 26.2 miles for Kairos Community Trust. This is Tarquin’s first marathon and he has been running every day, with interval training on Wednesdays and his longest run of the week on Sunday. Last weekend, he ran […]
The National Lottery last year awarded Kairos Community Trust a grant under its Big Lottery Fund umbrella. We are happy to announce that the administration of this grant will now fall under the new National Lottery Community Fund. Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of the new fund, explains that this is the latest step in looking […]
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 […]