Fundraising, Supported housing, Supporters
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.
Easter arrived early this week when a surprise delivery of delicious chocolate eggs arrived – a gift from Beale and Company, a patron of CRASH the construction industry’s charity. Thank you!
Our thanks to the Rotary Club of Woolwich for inviting Kairos Community Trust to be one of the recipients yesterday of a generous donation of bedding and household goods from Qantas airways. The gift of duvets, blankets and mattress covers will keep many new residents warm this winter; and the crockery and cutlery are also […]
Tee off on Friday 27 October at Sundridge Park The Dulwich Catenians and Holy Ghost Fathers are dedicating the proceeds of their charity golf day and dinner to Kairos Community Trust for the fourth year. Golfers will tee off on the West Course (layout, above) at Sundridge Park Golf Club, Bromley, at 11am on Friday […]
Activities, Fundraising, Supporters
Kairos thanks the Dulwich Circle of the Catenians for holding its third charity golf day for Kairos. Thirty-five golfers teed off at Sundridge Park Golf Club, Bromley, last Friday. They were joined by 35 more guests for the dinner that evening. The event now has its own competition plate, which was won by Catenian Peter […]
CRASH, In partnership, Supporters
Kairos director Mossie Lyons was among the guests at CRASH’s annual Patrons’ Reception last Thursday night. Every year, the construction and property industry’s charity for the homeless holds an event to celebrate the companies and individuals who have given their valuable time and resources to support its cause. In this, its 20th Anniversary Year, CRASH […]
Kairos Community Trust thanks the Queen Mother’s Clothing Guild for its generous donation of new bed linen and men’s clothes. The QMCG started in the 19th century with a group of women making clothes for an orphanage in Dorset and their first royal patron was Queen Mary. Today, the charity distributes more than 25,000 items […]
Delegates at the Kairos Community Conference Dr Mike Kelleher Kairos manager Lorraine Beckford with Dr Kelleher Kairos manager Tim Penrice with Luke Bryan-Lai Rashpal Panesar and Hattie Moyes from RAPt Kairos manager Lee Slater, Dr Michael Heneghan and Mossie Lyons Francesca Roberts, CEO of CRASH Kairos manager Jessica Rood and Phil Rogers from Veterans Aid […]
Everyone at Kairos who knew Perry Robinson has been very saddened by his untimely death. Here, as Rev Katharine Rumens, the Rector of St Giles’ Cripplegate, remembers him, we recognise with a smile our own much-loved friend. “Perry Robinson came to us in December 2006. We were in search of a caretaker and I was […]
These two texts received by Kairos managers last week – bouquets out of the blue – made a wonderful start to our 25th anniversary year. Thank you! Hello! It’s A.T. here. I just saw you looking in your car boot as I passed by on the bus! It occurs to me that I’ve never actually […]
