By TheMallLuton
The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.
Level Trust Podcast - episode 4
In this latest episode we speak to Level Trust, a charity which aims to help families overcome the costs of education so all children in Luton have the chance to love learning in the same as anybody else.
As part of the podcast, you’ll get the chance to listen first-hand from some of the wonderful people from The Level Trust, including the charity’s Chief Executive Jane Malcolm.
The charity supports nearly 5,000 children and families across Luton town every year, helping children learn by providing the necessary resources. Level Trust also closely works alongside schools in Luton to help educate the next generation.
Nearly 50% of Luton children live in relative poverty, meaning the majority of children in the town are coming from some sort of disadvantage, rising 3% since the pandemic. In context, that’s nearly 30,000 children living within relative poverty with 60% less than the average income, seeing many families living off around a £12,000 income a year.
Level Trust provides breakfasts, lunch, free transport to school, school uniform plus additional educational books and toys. The charity also hosts fun and educational activities during the school holidays.
The podcast also explores Level Trust’s new resource and toy shop at The Mall Luton, which solely depends from the kind donations and generosity from people and businesses within the Luton community.
Described as the Willy Wonka for all uniform needs, The Uniform Exchange is located on the Gallery Level at The Mall Luton, stocking top quality uniform for all 73 schools in Luton. The resource centre is also located on the Gallery Level at The Mall.
The Mall Luton has released the third episode of their podcast, Luton Life. Marking the start of the Big Trunk Trail which opens in Luton on Saturday 10th July, the latest edition focuses on the work of Keech Hospice Care.
Luton Life is curated by The Mall Luton and aims to shine a light on local groups and charities in the area, providing a platform to discuss their work and the contribution they make to their community.
Keech Hospice Care provide free, specialist care for adults in Luton and south Bedfordshire, and children from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes, who have life-limiting and terminal illnesses. Their specialist care supports adults and children to live pain and symptom free, to spend untroubled time with their family and friends, to understand what’s happening to them, to stay out of hospital and to make the most of the time they have.
As a charity, Keech rely on their supporters for around 70% of their funding. This means they need to raise over £6 million every year (over £16,000 every day!) to continue the specialist care for adults and children, and their families.
Final preparations are being put in place for Keech Hospice Care’s Big Trunk Trail, a spectacular public Wild in Art event coming to Luton this week. Over thirty elephants are taking part which have been used as a canvas for artists to transform them into works of art. As Artistic Partner for the event, The Mall Luton have provided studio space for the elephant transformations.
In this episode, Luton Life host Sophie Sulehria visited Keech Hospice Care to find out more about their work and how they support adults and children with life-limiting illnesses. Sophie also met Beverley Sweetman, the artist chosen by The Mall to create their elephant.
To coincide with the start of Mental Health Week, today (10th May) we've released the second edition of our new podcast - Luton Life.
This episode shines the light on local support services and explores the stigma around mental health.
To understand more about how the issue is being tackled at a local level, Luton Life host Sophie Sulehria spoke to the Crisis Café team at Mind BLMK, as well as our own staff here from The Mall Luton.
In the episode Sophie visited Mind BLMK to find out how they have supported the community over the past year and are continuing to provide essential services to a growing number of people.
Working across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes to promote positive mental health and wellbeing, Mind BLMK is attached to the national charity Mind. The Crisis Cafe in Luton opened their doors in 2020 and offers an alternative approach to help empower people, offer face to face advice and have a safe space to go.
Anyone can visit the Crisis Café, making it easily accessible with no forms to complete, just instant support. The café has an open-door policy for anyone who is facing a mental health crisis and is in need of urgent help.
Find out more about Mind BLMK here - https://www.mind-blmk.org.uk/
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Luton Foodbank
As part of this podcast, listeners will have the chance to find out first-hand about the fantastic work carried out by Luton Foodbank, with exclusive access to the warehouse alongside a Q&A session with Salma Khan - Luton Foodbank’s Project Manager.
This podcast focuses on Luton Foodbank and the unsung heroes who work behind the scenes to provide thousands of food parcels to Luton residents every year. The postcast also provides informative content for those who might need to use the services provided by the charity.
Find out more about Luton Foodbank here.
The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.