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A Brief History of Kairos Community Trust

 

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   

 

 

 

Our patron is Fergal Keane OBE