Kairos Women Working Together

Kairos Women Working Together Supporting, advocating for, and empowering marginalised women to increase their safety, self-belief, and self-reliance since 1999.

Kairos Women Working Together (Kairos) was established in 1999 and is a specialist organisation in Coventry run by women, for women. We provide holistic, trauma informed, long term support and advocacy for women who are subject to or at risk of sexual exploitation; including women who face multiple disadvantage and have ‘complex’ unmet needs. We empower women to increase their safety, stability, self-belief, and self-reliance; improve their choices and life chances, and build fulfilled lives, free from violence, abuse, and exploitation.

‘Kairos’ is an ancient Greek word meaning ‘the right, critical, or opportune moment for the accomplishment of crucial action’. In Greek mythology, Kairos was the god of opportunity. We meet women where they are at, until the time is right for them to take action towards their goals. We provide options and create opportunities, supporting women to accomplish the change they want for their lives.

💻 Opening up opportunities 💚A woman we’re supporting was recently stepped down from a Child Protection Plan and has been...
15/09/2026

💻 Opening up opportunities 💚

A woman we’re supporting was recently stepped down from a Child Protection Plan and has been thinking about what she wants to do next.

She has told us she’s interested in getting back into work, volunteering and exploring educational courses. Since stepping down from the plan, she says she feels like herself again — and like the mum she wants to be. That has given her the drive to start thinking about what could come next.

Last week, we were able to provide her with a laptop so she can search for opportunities, make applications and access courses from home.

Having a laptop of her own means she doesn’t have to rely on getting to the library. She can study while her baby is sleeping, or pick up a course once both of her children are tucked up in bed.

Access to technology is something that can easily be taken for granted, but for the women we support, it can make a real difference. It can remove barriers, give women more independence and help build the confidence to explore what’s possible.

One less barrier, and hopefully lots more opportunities ahead. 💚

🎉 Bingo, Raffle & Tombola Fundraiser! 🎉Fancy a fun afternoon while helping raise money for Kairos?Join us on **Sunday 11...
14/09/2026

🎉 Bingo, Raffle & Tombola Fundraiser! 🎉

Fancy a fun afternoon while helping raise money for Kairos?

Join us on **Sunday 11th October** at Ritchie Bee for bingo, raffle and tombola with some fabulous prizes to be won! 🏆

🎟️ Doors open at **1pm**
🎱 First game **2pm**
🎟️ £1 for a raffle book / £6 per strip
🏆 5 games
📍 The Twisted Barrel, Fargo Village, Coventry, CV1 5ED

Want to get involved? **Contact Tracey at [email protected] to buy raffle tickets or donate a prize.

**Come along, have some fun and help us raise some money!** 💜

🫧 Mental health kits for young women 💚We’re incredibly grateful to **The Newfield Charitable Trust** for their generous ...
11/09/2026

🫧 Mental health kits for young women 💚

We’re incredibly grateful to **The Newfield Charitable Trust** for their generous **£750 grant**, which has enabled us to create mental health first aid kits for young women accessing Kairos support.

Each kit includes practical, comforting and sensory items such as colouring materials, fidget toys, essential oils and grounding resources. They give women something to turn to when they’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, isolated or distressed.

For women who may be experiencing trauma, exploitation, homelessness, poor mental health or isolation, these small resources can make a real difference.

Thank you, Newfield Charitable Trust, for helping us provide this practical, compassionate and trauma-informed support.

Coventry Recovery Festival 💚We had a lovely day at the Coventry Recovery Festival, meeting women in the community, shari...
10/09/2026

Coventry Recovery Festival 💚

We had a lovely day at the Coventry Recovery Festival, meeting women in the community, sharing information about Kairos and the support we offer, and catching up with some of our partner organisations.

Thank you to everyone who stopped to chat with us — it was great to meet so many people and be part of such a positive community event.

A big thank you to CGL for organising the festival and inviting us along.

Own My Life – Taster Day for Professionals 💚Are you a professional working with women in our community?Join us at the Ka...
10/09/2026

Own My Life – Taster Day for Professionals 💚

Are you a professional working with women in our community?

Join us at the Kairos Hub on Thursday 22nd October, 10am–4:30pm, for a one-day introduction to Own My Life.

The day is a chance to find out more about the course, how it supports women affected by abuse, and how you can refer women into the programme.

You’ll also get to meet the team, ask questions and find out more about how Own My Life could support the women you work with.

📍 The Kairos Hub, The Old Grammar School, 31 Silver Street, Coventry, CV1 1HP
📅 Thursday 22nd October
⏰ 10am–4:30pm

Want to come along? Contact Flori at [email protected] to request an application form to attend or find out more.

Please share with professionals who may be interested. 💚

Census Week | 21st–27th September 💚Women’s homelessness is a hidden issue.For women, homelessness can look very differen...
08/09/2026

Census Week | 21st–27th September 💚

Women’s homelessness is a hidden issue.

For women, homelessness can look very different. It can mean sofa surfing, staying with friends or family, moving between temporary places, or staying somewhere unsafe because there is nowhere else to go.

This means women experiencing homelessness can be missed and not counted in national statistics. When women’s experiences aren’t counted, it can also impact how homelessness is understood, where funding is directed and the support available to women.

The Women’s Rough Sleeping Census aims to build a better picture of women’s experiences and improve the support available to women experiencing rough sleeping and hidden homelessness.

And while being seen and counted matters, so does having access to the everyday things that can make a real difference.

Your donation can help a woman rebuild her life.

Many of the women we support are overcoming significant challenges. Having access to basic essentials can help women feel safe, valued and supported.

If you can donate, you can help us make that possible. 💚

We’re coming to the end of our very first Own My Life course, a 12-week programme supporting women who have experienced ...
04/09/2026

We’re coming to the end of our very first Own My Life course, a 12-week programme supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse.

It has been incredible to watch the women grow in confidence, recognise what they have been through and begin to understand that they were never responsible for someone else’s abusive behaviour.

Seeing women start to let go of some of the guilt they have carried has been a real privilege.

The women have shared some lovely reflections:

“Own My Life has not only educated me on domestic abuse, it’s inspired me to want to show other women that there is a lot more to domestic violence than just physical [abuse]. It has played a massive part in my story and made me realise other things I didn’t recognise.”

“I recognised the domestic violence I had been through was not acceptable... and that it wasn’t my fault. The course has been very useful and made me feel stronger.”

As a little thank you, we’ve put together a gift bag for each woman to celebrate completing the group. 🎁

The gift bags include a personalised water bottle with her name on it, some self-care treats, each woman's favourite sweets and positive messages.

One of the women shared these powerful words of reflection:

“You may have walked through the darkness, but the darkness does not define you. Every step you take beyond domestic violence is a step towards freedom, strength and a life of your own choosing.”

We couldn’t agree more.💚

We’re incredibly proud of this first group and all the women who have taken part. Women supporting women, learning together and reminding each other that life can be different.

💚 New support at our Wednesday Drop-In! 💚We’re really pleased to be working in partnership with Citizens Advice Coventry...
03/09/2026

💚 New support at our Wednesday Drop-In! 💚

We’re really pleased to be working in partnership with Citizens Advice Coventry, who will now be joining us at our Women’s Hub every Wednesday from 11am–2pm.

The service is available for women who are:

🏠 Currently living in temporary accommodation
💚 At risk of needing temporary accommodation
💷 Experiencing debt or financial difficulties

This partnership means women can access specialist advice and support around finances, debt and housing, alongside the wider support available through Kairos.

If you’re a professional and would like to find out more about referring a woman to this service, please get in touch with us.

We recently had a really productive meeting with Gemma from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. 🌿💚We’re really excited about th...
28/08/2026

We recently had a really productive meeting with Gemma from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. 🌿💚

We’re really excited about the possibilities of working together and bringing more opportunities for connection with nature into the lives of the women we support.

Gemma will be coming into the Women’s Hub to meet some of the women, hear what they’re interested in and talk about ways they could get involved in the work she does locally.

We know how powerful spending time outdoors, connecting with nature and being part of the local community can be. We’re looking forward to exploring what this partnership could bring and creating opportunities for women to get involved in something new, at their own pace. 🌱

Partnerships like this help us connect women with opportunities beyond our Hub and strengthen the wider community around them.

💜💚 We are delighted to share that Kairos Women Working Together has secured an allocation of £530,135 through the Govern...
26/08/2026

💜💚 We are delighted to share that Kairos Women Working Together has secured an allocation of £530,135 through the Government’s Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund 2026 to 2029, subject to successful completion of the Grant Funding Agreement.

This funding will enable us to expand the provision available each day at the Kairos Women’s Hub. Women will be able to access open-access support, groups, activities and opportunities, alongside more dedicated time and specialist expertise from partner organisations.

We will be working with our Coventry Women’s Partnership partners- Central England Law Centre, Coventry Haven Women's Aid , CRASAC, and FWT - a centre for women-alongside Panahghar and other specialist local partners.

Bringing services into Kairos is an approach that has proved effective for some time. This funding will allow us to develop it further, offering a practical, women-centred response to some of the systemic barriers women face. By bringing support together in a trusted women-only space, we can make it easier for women to get the help they need without having to navigate disconnected services alone.

This investment towards addressing women's homelessness matters because it is not always visible. It can include sofa surfing, moving between unsafe or temporary arrangements, or remaining somewhere harmful because there is nowhere else to go.

Learning from the expanded provision will also feed directly into Coventry Women’s Partnership as it takes action on housing for women through its targeted systems-change programme. Women’s experiences and evidence from frontline delivery will help show what works and support wider changes to housing policy, practice, commissioning and legislation.

We are proud to be taking this work forward with partners across Coventry- building on what already works and creating more opportunities for women to access the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Read the Government announcement:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ending-homelessness-in-communities-fund-2026-to-2029-funding-allocations/ending-homelessness-in-communities-fund-2026-to-29-funding-allocations

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The Old Grammar School, 31 Silver Street
Coventry
CV11HP

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm

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+442476559550

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