LeicesterShire and Rutland's
Community and Mental Health Charity
Sensory support to help 'bring light' to the Beacon
‘The Beacon’ is a 15-bed inpatient facility for young people experiencing severe mental health difficulties and eating disorders who need round-the clock care from our specialist team. We are raising funds to install a new sensory room to help with the young people's recovery journey.
The name ‘The Beacon’ was chosen by staff, current service-users and families, and not only echoes the local landmark, but symbolises hope for a brighter future.
Please take a look at our short video.
Bring Light To The Beacon Appeal
Creating a sensory environment can significantly support the wellbeing of our young people and help them to progress along their road to recovery. The small number of sensory items we currently use have had a positive impact on their treatment. So, we would like to extend this further and install a full sensory room and two portable sensory trollies.
This will help us to engage the young people in therapies, provides a calm and quiet space, allows for de-escalation when an episode may occur, inspire trust, communication, interaction and engagement.
Hear from Laura-Jane, who has worked with some of the young people at The Beacon: “It’s important for patients to have a space in hospital, where they can de-escalate and feel safe.”
With your support we are hoping to raise £25,000 to achieve this goal and #BringLightToTheBeacon.
So far we have received just over £20,300 in donations from the wonderful support of our local community, trusts and businesses.
Can you help us reach our target?
Every donation, small or large, is hugely appreciated.
Thank you!
How you can help #BringLightToTheBeacon
- Fundraise for us - please contact lpt.raisinghealth@nhs.net
- Share our appeal web page with your friends, family or colleagues
- Talk about the appeal to your networks and letting us know of any fundraising opportunities, however big or small
- Make a donation today
Donate now
Sign up to be a Beacon Buddy
You can use your networks to help us to spread the word about the Beacon Appeal by becoming a Beacon Buddy. Talking about the appeal with friends, family, social groups or work networks will help us to rally support for the appeal.
You might want to do some fundraising yourself, at school, college or work. We can support you with that!
We would love to keep you updated with the progress of the appeal and how you could support The Beacon over the coming years. Sign up here.
Fundraising so far...
Here we celebrate the amazing people who have already helped us fundraise for the #BeaconAppeal. We would love to hear from you if you could fundraise for us!
Amazon corporate donation
We were delighted to accept a donation of £3,000 towards the cost of the sensory room which was organised by Hannah Roberts from the Hinckley distribution warehouse.
Anand and Sethi Family Trust
Donated an amazing £8,000 towards this appeal.
Other donations include £1,000 from Fleckney Parish Council, £1,500 from the Maud Elkington Trust and £750 from the Florence Turner Trust.
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