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A Brief History of Kairos Community Trust
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1991 John Kitchen moved to Stonhouse Street with Tony Walsh and set up home with a few homeless people. This was a derelict
Church of England property.
1992 Soup kitchen opened at the address.
1993 Charity shops opened on High Street Clapham to fund project.
1995 First Move-On house opened at Albert Square, Stockwell.
1995-1996 Three Move-On houses opened at Guildersfield Road, Streatham; Glanville Road, Brixton and Deronda Road, Tulse Hill.
1997 Bethwin Road opened as a Rehab Hostel.
1998 Moved from Stonhouse Street to Linden Grove.
1999 Bethwin Road registered as a Care Home with 15 beds and our Administration Office opened at Elm Grove, Peckham.
2001 Healthy Living Centre opened at Nunhead Lane, mainly serving Linden Grove.
2004 The Aftercare Club opened in Camberwell.
2005 New office and residents’ house opened in Brixton Road.
2006 Linden Grove refurbishment commenced.
2007 Linden Grove refurbishment completed and is now a 24 bed stabilisation centre.
2007 Aftercare Programme opened in Peckham.
2007 Opened a Move-On house in North London.
2008 Office at Brixton Road became too small, moved to new offices in Streatham.
2008 We took on 5 new Move-On houses - 1 in Lambeth, 2 in Lewisham and 2 in Southwark
2009 One more Move-On house opened in Lambeth in June and another two opened in Southwark in October.
2009 Linden Grove became a Community Based Detox Hostel.
2010 Another Move-On house opened in January in Southwark.
2011 Garden Day Programme opened in Southwark in October.
2011 More Move-On houses opened – 1 in Lambeth and 1 in Lewisham.
Today, there is a 24 bed community based detox hostel,
a 15 bed rehab care home,
a day programme,
an aftercare programme
and
30 Move-On houses with up to 167 people accommodated.
Over the years, many people have been rehoused from the Move-On houses into self-contained independent accommodation
