The Lamp advocacy team is currently operating on an urgent priority basis. This means that anyone who has an urgent appointment where support is desperately needed to achieve a significant outcome will get an advocate within four weeks. For anyone else with routine appointments and issues, such as a routine psychiatry or GP appointment, they […]
The Rock On Wood live music festival is set to return to the White Hart Pub in Loughborough from 21-23 July 2023. It will bring together the greatest local bands from the area for a weekend of live music to support mental health in the community. The free music festival will raise money for Leicestershire-based […]
Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with poetry, lively music and endless entertainment at Firebug (1 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN) on Monday 24 July 2023. Lamp is inviting musicians and performers to perform at an open mic night at Firebug in Leicester on Monday 24 July. Whether you’re a musician, vocalist, poet or […]
Jack Radford, a year 11 student at Gartree High School in Oadby, raised over £3,000 when he took on a 24-hour drumathon sponsored challenge to fundraise for the Lamp mental health charity for the second year running. In 2022, Jack raised over £1,300 for Lamp with a 12-hour drumathon and went on to win the […]
On Thursday 15th June, Lamp hosted another successful ‘Time to Talk’ charity dinner, at Winstanley House, which raised a fantastic £1580. Images of the the event, which were taken by Pete Martin Photography, are now available to view here. We would like to extend our thanks to the insightful speakers who shared their stories and […]
The theme for this year’s Lamp 5K campaign in May was ‘Climbing Mountains for Mental Health’. Lamp Chief Executive, Richard Kotulecki is taking this (many more than) one step further by taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge in September to raise funds for the charity. The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge is a 24-mile (38.6km) […]
Lamp has welcomed the support of six more local organisations who will each sponsor a hole at the charity’s golf day, taking place on Wednesday 14 June 2023. The new sponsors are: Pete Martin Photography, Impact Retail, CBA Insolvency, Premier Logistics Group, mypayrollbureau and GH Watts. They join Cross Productions – our headline sponsor, Payments […]
Many people across Leicester and Leicestershire got involved in this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week that took place from 15-21 May. A local charity marked the week by running its annual fundraising and awareness campaign. Now its third year, the Lamp 5k campaign was run by staff and volunteers from Lamp, the Leicester-based mental health […]
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. […]
