Pop-up Café Kairos takes over as the dining-room is restored
After 14 years of constant wear, it was time to sand and re-seal the vast wooden floor of the Linden Grove dining-room. A treatment plan was agreed and […]
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Farewell, Sean – and welcome, Mick and Danny
Linden Grove Abstinence Support Hostel said farewell to support worker Sean Higgins on Friday. New team members are Mick McCulloch and Danny Cruse […]
Farewell, Lorraine and Simon… Welcome, Ian and Will
After nearly eight years and six of working with Kairos respectively, sadly, we say good-bye to Lorraine Beckford and Simon Eve […]
Farewell and welcome: Kairos staff changes
Farewell… to Peter Gill, who has been a counsellor and group facilitator with our Aftercare Programme since it started in 2007; he is joining the team at Southwark Irish Pensioners. Farewell… to Yvonne Douglas who for the past three years has run meditation groups and admin at Bethwin Road and leaves to build her freelance […]
A Linden Grove welcome for the McGills
Kairos residents, staff, trustees and friends gave the McGill family a warm welcome yesterday when Brendan and his parents, Roísín and Gerry, were our guests at lunch. Brendan has raised more than £3,400 for Kairos on his round-Ireland Odyssey by bicyle…
Bob Evans is going home to the valleys
After 35 years away, Bob Evans is leaving his flat in Camberwell and his job as front desk, friend to all, and jack-of-all-trades at Linden Grove and going back to the land of his fathers in the valleys at Aberdare above Cardiff. He will be much missed […]
Cardboard Citizens are back on 30 Nov
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 […]
Congratulations, Vincent and Simon
Congratulations to Linden Grove staff members Vincent Mahe and Simon Woods for achieving their Level 5 Diplomas in Management and Leadership for Health and Social Care.
20 years at number 22 Linden Grove
Kairos arrived at 22 Linden Grove, Nunhead, 20 years ago this month. The building was a wreck but staff and volunteers (like our friend pictured here), managed to make it habitable by 26 March, when Fr John Kitchen, Tony Walsh and six residents moved here from Stonhouse Street in Clapham. In the 20 years since […]
More rooms for recovery at Linden Grove
The three new counselling and meeting rooms at Linden Grove have been completed and are now in use. This is the first project that has been built by Kairos staff from start to finish. Denis Walsh and Malachy Carter (who has joined Kairos part-time), created the three rooms and corridor from the old exercise room.“These […]