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Mark no longer has energy debt worries

21st February, 2012

Last summer, Mark Howie, 38 from Newcastle his wife Dawn, 35, and their three children were eagerly ...

Good News Story Update: Make a note of Val's story

17th February, 2012

Chris Butler, Five Lamps' Senior Business Development Officer recently caught up with Val Boyers t...

Brian loves every minute of being self-employed

14th February, 2012

Brian Sample has always been passionate about gardens and the outdoors. He trained at Kew in Londo...

Good News Story Update: Leanne takes control

10th February, 2012

Steven Redpath, Five Lamps' Financial Inclusion Link Worker recently caught up with Leanne to see ho...

Fiona’s got Stockton all sewn up

7th February, 2012

For years, Fiona Hawkins has always carried out all the alterations and dressmaking for family and...

Good News Story Update: A helping hand for homeowners

3rd February, 2012

Emma McNeill, Five Lamps' Senior Loans Officer recently caught up with Joanne Boocock from Redcar &a...

The Stockton Sparkie

31st January, 2012

Since the mid 80s, Chris Rutledge from Stockton had worked as an electrician for a number of local...

Five Lamps appoints Endeavour

31st January, 2012

Teesside law firm, Endeavour Partnership, has been appointed by leading North East social enterprise...

Miles better with Stockton Recovery Group

24th January, 2012

Stockton Recovery Group has helped to transform the lives of people with drug and alcohol dependency...

Good News Story Update: Peter is a rising star

20th January, 2012

Brenda Turnbull, Five Lamps' Employability Team Leader recently caught up with Peter White to see ho...

Five Lamps helps Vicky to clear her energy debt

17th January, 2012

Victoria Boland, 24 of Easington in County Durham, had successfully juggled a full-time job and sing...

Hamper delights bring festive cheer to the elderly

10th January, 2012

Young people aged between 7 to 18 years who attend Five Lamps’ Youthy have busy during Novembe...

Good News Story Update: Harpers bar goes from strength to strength

10th January, 2012

Good News Story Update - Harpers Bar goes from Strength to Strength Brenda Turnbull, Five Lamp...

Munchies at Mill Lane

20th December, 2011

In 2010 after a career in manufacturing and the construction industry, Debra Holliday found hersel...

Merry Christmas

20th December, 2011

Merry Christmas from Five Lamps ...

Volunteering helps Michelle to achieve her dreams

13th December, 2011

Michelle Brook, 36 from Thornaby had always dreamt of working within the Police force since she was ...

A Frog with a nip in your garden

6th December, 2011

After a great few years training in fashion and textiles and working abroad, Shelley Currie from S...

A Sparkling Future

5th December, 2011

Sylwia Nowaska is a young woman living in Thornaby, who travelled from her home land in Poland with ...

Philip achieves his independence

29th November, 2011

Philip from Northumberland approached Five Lamps in October 2011 to applying for a personal loan, as...

Luciano’s fear of computers is no more

22nd November, 2011

Luciano first came to Five Lamps through ‘Communities Fund’ in August 2010. Five Lamps ...

FREE Stockton 'Pick and Mix' Enterprise Workshops

10th November, 2011

Thinking of starting a business? Just started your own business? FREE workshops Pick & Mix Work...

Celebrating Diversity in our Community

7th November, 2011

Five Lamps’ Youth Services have been working closely with members of Thornaby’s Muslim c...

Confidence is no longer a barrier for Julie

1st November, 2011

Julie Chapman, 38 is a lone parent from Thornaby who first came to Five Lamps through ‘Communi...

A Bright Spark at Blu Sparx

25th October, 2011

After spending a number of years working as an electrician for other companies, Ian Gilkes, 27 fro...

Barriers, what barriers?

18th October, 2011

Lynne Love, from Thornaby is devoted to her family. During her children’s formative years, Lyn...

Allison turns things around

12th October, 2011

Allison Emerson, from Stanley became aware of Five Lamps through a friend who had used our services ...

Such an elegant business

3rd October, 2011

All through her life, Diane Drysdale from Stockton has always been in and around horses, events an...

James conquers the climbing wall

27th September, 2011

James Davison, is a 13 year old young person who attends the Youthy’s VIBE youth club. Phot...

Apollo works with Five Lamps to create job opportunities

20th September, 2011

Partnership working between Five Lamps and property services group Apollo has ensured that 3 young p...

Five Lamps is Most Enterprising

19th September, 2011

Five Lamps is celebrating after winning the Most Enterprising Third Sector Award at the Catalyst Ann...

Help for Thornaby students in memory of Alan

13th September, 2011

Bright sparks from Thornaby and Ingleby Barwick will get a head start with their University careers ...

Sarah fits in perfectly at Fitness First

6th September, 2011

Sarah Birch, 25 from Norton had trained and worked as a hairdresser since leaving school. In early...

Children in Need support VIBE

30th August, 2011

Young People with special needs who attend the Youthy’s VIBE youth club are celebrating after ...

‘Revolving door’ finally opens thanks to Five Lamps

23rd August, 2011

Kath, 54 from Stockton first came to Five Lamps in February 2011 through ‘Communities Fund&rsq...

Cutting Kathleen’s debt in half

16th August, 2011

Kathleen Dawson from Stanley, Durham is an existing Five Lamps Financial Inclusion customer who was ...

Young people have a positive impact at Thornaby allotment

2nd August, 2011

The allotment project has proved to be a great success with young people from Five Lamps’ Yout...

Five Lamps shortlisted with CSJ and RBS

13th July, 2011

Five Lamps are celebrating after being shortlisted by The Centre for Social Justice in their Awards ...

Richard and Daniel's 'pipeworks' no longer a pipedream!

12th July, 2011

Richard Carter, 30 from Thornaby and Daniel Stephenson, 24 from Norton first came to Five La...

Daniel's luck has changed thanks to Five Lamps

5th July, 2011

Daniel Taylor, 20 from Thornaby first came to Five Lamps in May 2011. Daniel had been unemployed for...

Michael turns exclusion into inclusion

21st June, 2011

Michael Hunt, 32, from Stockton is turning his life around with the help of Five Lamps and Integrate...

Young people knit to help premature babies

14th June, 2011

Young people from Five Lamps’ Youthy have spent the past 8 months learning to knit. The young...

Graeme Oram joins in Transporter Bridge clean-up

9th June, 2011

Voluntary sector bosses supported Middlesbrough's city bid when they helped to clean up the iconic T...

Helping Margaret to cope with her debts

7th June, 2011

Five Lamps have been helping people to manage their money through a ‘Capacity Builders’ ...

Winners of the North East VCS Awards 2011

27th May, 2011

Congratulations to Graeme Oram and Jodie Hind, winners of the North East VCS Awards 2011. Jodie Hin...

Peter's future in now more 'secure' thanks to Five Lamps

24th May, 2011

Peter Troy from Stockton had wanted for a number of years to start his own security solutions busine...

FREE enterprise/ business workshops

18th May, 2011

On behalf of Business Link, Five Lamps run a series of FREE enterprise/ business training workshops....

On the right road to becoming debt free

17th May, 2011

Mr & Mrs A first approached Five Lamps in March 2011 as they were experiencing extreme financial...

Five Lamps' Board of Directors thank staff and volunteers

12th May, 2011

Discussion about the progress and many achievements of Five Lamps has become a regular feature ...

Letricia - Employability Case Study

11th May, 2011

Five Lamps is proud of how we 'Make People Matter'. Hear from Letricia, one of our customers about t...

Jodie - Employability Case Study

11th May, 2011

Five Lamps is proud of how we 'Make People Matter'. Hear from Jodie, one of our customers about the ...

Fab Fit and 50

3rd May, 2011

Five Lamps have been running a very successful project at The Youthy for people aged 50+ who live wi...

Karen - Employability Case Study

1st May, 2011

Five Lamps is proud of how we 'Make People Matter'. Hear from Karen, one of our customers about the ...

Social Accounts 2010 - Measuring our Impact

26th April, 2011

It is fitting that in the year that Five Lamps celebrated its 25 anniversary, we have produced ...

Jodie turns his life around to help others

21st April, 2011

Jodie Hind, 34 from Stockton is an inspiration to people who want to turn their lives around and is ...

Untold Banking

18th April, 2011

Five Lamps is featured in The Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) Spring 2011 ‘Untold Ba...

A catalytic investment to grow the social investment market

15th April, 2011

Five Lamps is featured in a report ‘Twenty catalytic investments to grow the social investment...

Enterprise Gateway support in Billingham

13th April, 2011

Five Lamps have a satellite office in Billingham to help people who are thinking about self-employme...

'Inside Out' - Them and Us

4th April, 2011

This film is about the positive activities that young people are involved in. Five Lamps were succe...

Nothing Good Seemed to Happen till I heard of Five Lamps

22nd March, 2011

Tim Hutton had been looking to find work and was starting to feel discouraged and depressed, that wa...

New Chair for Five Lamps

9th March, 2011

Philip Tucker has been elected to be Chair of Five Lamps. The Thornaby-based social enterprise has...

Five Lamps helps Sharon to face her fears

7th March, 2011

Sharon Joyce, 40 from Thornaby had spent the past 8 years of her life suffering from anxiety, panic ...

Cultures CIC is just the job for Aalia

25th February, 2011

Aalia Ali, 30, had been unemployed for over 3 years. Although Ali had an NVQ Level 2 in Business Adm...

Young people do care!

10th December, 2010

On Friday 3 December 2010, young people from Five Lamps’ youth services Foundation Lea...

A cut above: Launch Pad helps to style new career

1st December, 2010

A local dad is celebrating success after achieving his dream of running his own business. A...

25 years of Making People Matter

16th November, 2010

The organisation grows from strength to strength On Friday 12 November 2010, Five Lamps hel...

Alan Robson Bursary

3rd November, 2010

Help for Thornaby students in memory of Alan Robson Talented young people from Thornaby wer...

WOW awards

3rd November, 2010

Putting the Customer First WOW Awards! The WOW awards is the awarding body for “Putti...

Duo avoid breadline thanks to support from Five Lamps

27th September, 2010

A pair of sandwich-makers who faced unemployment are continuing to earn a crust thanks to support fr...

Why Money Does Matter?

27th September, 2010

Money does indeed matter, especially when you haven’t got it. Financial inclusion has been a g...

Think you know young people ‘Inside Out’? … Think again!

7th September, 2010

Hard-hitting films have been produced by teams of youngsters who feel they have a message to get acr...

Going for gold!

2nd September, 2010

Five Lamps have been successful in achieving the Investors in People’s Gold Standard. The sta...

Grant helps to open doors

1st September, 2010

Thanks to funding from the lottery, Five Lamps now has a base within Stockton town centre. With sup...

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