Case Study of a Mother, Jane, and Daughter, Ashley, and how Lamp helped them during years of difficulty finding support *Jane and Ashley are pseudonyms. In 2017, when Jane* took on the task of helping her daughter Ashley to seek mental health support after she had a breakdown, little did she realise that it would […]
At age 24, Nadya found herself being a carer for her partner who had mental health issues. She eventually realised that she also needed help and turned to Lamp’s Carer Group for support. Here, she tells us why… Becoming a carer For me it was a very sudden situation where I was dating someone for […]
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 […]
Andrew Lewis will run and walk to various city landmarks in one day to raise money for local mental health charity Leicestershire local, Andrew Lewis, will be running and walking all around Leicester, on a 16-mile route that takes in 12 well-known local spots. Andrew hopes that the challenge will raise around £1,000 for Lamp, […]
Local roofing materials supplier, Imperial Roofing Supplies UK Limited, is hosting a pool tournament to raise money for the Lamp mental health advocacy charity. The fundraiser will be held from 12-4pm on Sunday 26 March at Club 147 in Leicester. A place in the tournament costs £25 per person and includes games, trophies, a half […]
