Five Lamps

Five Lamps aims to ‘transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities’.

We are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. We are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.

• Registered Charity (702314)
• Company Limited by Guarantee (2441319)

We have four integrated areas of business:

Youth Services

In response to a need identified by the local community, Five Lamps’ established its own youth service. Our purpose built youth facility ‘The Youthy’ was opened in 2002 and we provide a range of services and activities for young people aged 7 to 18 years.

Financial Inclusion

If you are worried about money or are having problems with doorstep lenders, we can help. We have a dedicated Financial Inclusion Team who may be able to offer you an affordable personal loan with payments that suit your finances. We can also give you some first- stage debt advice.  

Enterprise

We support people who are thinking about starting their own business, along with current businesses who may need support with a business loan and a range of support services including one to one advice, business planning, coaching workshops and training.

Employability

We support people who are looking for work. We can help you find work, training, volunteering opportunities and progress in your career. We also have a Employer Engagement service with a proven track record of matching people to employers needs.

What areas do Five Lamps cover?

We are based at Thornaby in Teesside and have offices across the North East. Our Youth, Enterprise and Employability services are mostly delivered in Teesside; however we are keen to replicate our successful model of delivery across the North East.

Our Financial Inclusion service is delivered to specific areas of identified need across the North East.