March 2016
Sam’s a Southwark Star
Congratulations to Sam Chapman for her award of a Southwark Star, in recognition of more than 100 hours volunteering in the London borough of Southwark for Kairos Community Trust. She received her award at a ceremony hosted by Dora Dixon-Fyle, Mayor of Southwark, last Thursday evening. ”I am delighted that Sam’s valuable volunteering work with […]
A running commentary
Training continues for Elaine Anderson-Wright, who is running the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 17 April for Kairos. “I ran my half-marathon run on Sunday. It was a great course – two laps of Wimbledon Common. The course was very muddy and quite hilly. Despite a sore ankle and getting a stitch at mile 10, I […]
CRASH – ‘Changing Rooms’ at Linden Grove
We all know Linden Grove now as a 24-bed, CQC-regulated community detox hostel – with a beautiful airy dining-room, library, gym, counselling rooms and offices. But it was not always so. In fact, it was a big old house and a separate, disused church hall. In 2006-7, with the help of CRASH, the building […]
Elaine’s Marathon run for Kairos
Thank you, Elaine Anderson-Wright, for choosing Kairos Community Trust as your charity to support when you run the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, 17 April. Elaine, who lives in Surrey, has run marathons in London, Paris and Jersey but Brighton will be her first marathon in seven years. She’s been in training since December and so […]
Rest in peace, Perry Robinson
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 […]
Kairos services – our new leaflet
Our new leaflet about Kairos and our services is now available from head office and also to download and print. It fits on two sides of ordinary A4 paper. If you print on both sides of one sheet, you can fold it in thirds (like a take-away menu). The leaflet includes a handy map of […]