Lamp, the mental health advocacy charity, has appointed Jane Hastings as its new Senior Community Advocate. She joins Lamp from her previous role at Moneywise Plus and will extend the charity’s advocates team, helping to support clients with mental health-related services provided through primary care such as GPs and NHS psychiatry departments. Jane has previously […]
Come and join us for a charity bhangra class, learn some classic moves and raise funds for Lamp. It will be hosted by Leicester Bhangra Classes with all ticket costs going to support mental health. 7-8pm on Thursday 22 June 2023 The Ann Oliver Stage School, Garden Street, Leicester LE1 3UA Tickets are £10 each. […]
Deyal Singh, a Leicester-based estate agent, is taking on a remarkable challenge to run 100km in just 24 hours to raise £2,000 for charity. Deyal will start a number of separate runs at 6am on 23 June 2023 to total 100km. He is looking for sponsorship for the challenge and all monies raised will go […]
Marketing agency, Cross Productions has been announced as the headline sponsor for a new charity golf day, in support of Leicester-based mental health advocacy charity, Lamp. The event will be held on 14 June 2023 at Lingdale Golf Course in Leicestershire and will be hosted by local recruitment agency, Teamwork Partnership. Starting with coffee and […]
Lamp, the Leicester-based mental health charity, is running its annual Lamp 5k fundraising campaign from 15-21 May 2023, to coincide with this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week. The Lamp 5k campaign aims to raise much-needed funds for the charity and will focus on the positive impact that physical exercise has on mental health. The theme […]
The Rock On Wood live music festival will return to the White Hart Pub in Loughborough this summer from 21-23 July 2023, bringing the best local bands from around Loughborough together for a weekend of live music to support mental health in the community. The free music festival will, for the second year running, raise […]
Karin Wardle has signed up to the Walk With Me Jordan Desert Trek, an eight-day challenge from the Dead Sea to the hidden city of Petra. Karin’s challenge will raise money for Lamp, the Leicester-based mental health advocacy charity. The Walk With Me challenge aims to raise awareness of the importance of mental health, and […]
Lamp has launched its major Lamp 5k fundraising campaign for 2023. This year’s campaign will take place from 15-21 May, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, and focuses on the positive impact that physical exercise has on mental health. The theme of this year’s Lamp 5k campaign is ‘climbing mountains for mental health’ and […]
Lamp will benefit from a new challenge that Vijay Kumar has set himself – to climb to Mount Everest Base Camp and then Island Peak and back in 19 days. The fundraising challenge, which Vijay has named in memory of his parents, Satya and Ram, will see 65-year-old Vijay attempt to climb to Everest Base […]
Understanding grief and loss in the workplace at March Business Club Lamp’s March Business Club meeting looked at the often difficult topic of grief and loss. We were joined online by around 35 members. Colin Fyfe, Chief Executive of Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and Chair of the Business Club introduced the topic before an […]
