Farewell and fair wind, Kenny Brown
Farewell, Kenny Brown, you are moving on after 14 years and four months with Kairos to take up a new post north of the river with Steps2Recovery, writes director Mossie Lyons. […]
Supported housing
Five on the road to independent living
Since May 2019, five residents from the complex needs supported house in Nunhead Lane have moved into their own homes. “I’m so delighted […]
Our Maudsley Charity support workers
Louise Fitzgerald and Jason O’Reilly are the two part-time support workers funded by our Maudsley Charity grant, working under the DWP Permitted Work Scheme. As the grant enters its second quarter, Louise and Jason are looking at training and development options for Kairos residents […]
Hand-over of our new house in Brent
The rebuilding of our third move-on house in Brent is now complete and the the official handover took place on Tuesday, 17 December […]
Maudsley Charity grant for new Kairos workers
Kairos Community Trust has been awarded a Maudsley Charity Community & Connection grant to fund two part-time support workers to “support residents who are in recovery from substance misuse, in their transition from Kairos accommodation into independent accommodation”. They will join the supported housing Move-on team in October.
New Move-on team appointments
Kairos is pleased to announce the following appointments to our supported housing Move-on team. The new supported housing Move-on Manager is Kenny Brown, formerly deputy manager. Gillian Lyons takes up the full-time position of deputy manager and will continue to lead Kairos women’s services. Giam-Pierro Mozzi is now a full-time member of the Move-on team.
CRASH, delivering for Kairos again
Francesca Roberts, CEO of CRASH, the building industry’s charity, and Kairos director Mossie Lyons met at the Burnt Oak Move-on houses yesterday. They were on site to receive a delivery of building materials donated by CRASH patron Forterra: Thermalite blocks, Fenlite Blocks, concrete blocks and engineering bricks. These materials will be used to extend one […]
Farewell and bon voyage, Nick Messikh
Kairos waves a fond farewell to supported housing manager Nick Messikh who leaves this week after nearly six years. Nick is heading off to warmer climes in Thailand to take up the post of senior 12-Step therapist, working with people in recovery from substance misuse in Chiang Mai. “Full of school-boy effervescence, Nick’s personality always […]
Matt’s new office at Linden Grove
Matt’s new office on the ground floor of Linden Grove has just been refurbished by Denis Walsh, our maintainence manager.
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John’s first bank account
Last week, Kairos resident John* opened his first-ever bank account. He’s over 50 years old. “John arrived at Kairos not just without a bank account, he’d never had one,” says his Kairos support worker. “Over the past four months, we’ve been working hard together to obtain photo ID, so John could apply for an account, […]