The family of Byron Allred, a young man from Leicester, is organising a special memorial event called Byromania. The event will celebrate the life of their much-loved son who took his own life 10 years ago and also aims to raise awareness of mental health. Byromania will be held on Friday 17 December at 7pm […]
3T Logistics, a Leicestershire-based transport logistics and technology business, has formed a partnership with Lamp (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project) to pledge support for raising awareness of mental health. The 3T Social Committee organised for staff to participate in a Miles for Mental Health month, with 16 teams completing a total of 3,790 miles […]
Lamp (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project) has won the Community Event of the Year Award in this year’s Leicestershire Community Champions Awards. The award recognises the positive impact made by the Lamp 5k Round the World Challenge in bringing the community together in a creative way and raising collective spirits. The Round the World […]
Lamp is set to take part in this year’s Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest match funding campaign. The Christmas Challenge was first launched in 2008 and is run by The Big Give online donation platform. By 2020, the annual campaign had raised a total of £118 million for a variety of charitable causes. […]
Calls for nominations from supporters for Ecclesiastical Insurance’s Christmas giving campaign Local mental health charity, Lamp (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project) is calling on supporters to nominate the charity to win a £1,000 festive financial boost as part of Ecclesiastical Insurance’s annual 12 days of giving Christmas campaign. Now in its fifth […]
Lamp (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project) has been selected as one of the 12 local charities set to benefit from this year’s Winter Gardens fundraising campaign. The campaign is a fundraising charity initiative by Oldman and Sons therapeutic gardening company, aiming to support good causes throughout Leicestershire. To make a donation to the […]
Lamp (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project) has appointed Richard Kotulecki as its new CEO. Richard brings more than 17 years’ charity leadership experience to his new role, having previously served in senior positions including Chief Executive, Services Director and Transformation Lead. He will be responsible for leading the organisation to expand its service provision, […]
The Lamp Walk, Talk and Shine event, held on Sunday 10 October at Victoria Park, Leicester marked World Mental Health Day and was a fitting finale to our Shine a Light campaign. Around 50 supporters joined the Walk, Talk and Shine event as people made their way through the park with their phone lights […]
Our Business Club is going from strength to strength with over 54 members now signed up, enabling us to bring influential leaders within corporate organisations together to share best practice, identify needs-based gaps in mental health within the workplace and to enable those involved to make a difference with a collective voice. The latest […]
Fortnightly drop-in sessions will be hosted by Kings Coffee House in Leicester Lamp (Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project) is launching a new ‘Time to Talk’ initiative to encourage conversations about mental health and wellbeing, in partnership with Kings Coffee House in Leicester city centre. From 12 October 2021, members of Lamp’s advocacy team will […]
