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 looking forward to the arrival of their new baby. ...
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21st February, 2012
Last summer, Mark Howie, 38 from Newcastle his wife Dawn, 35, and their three children were eagerly ...
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17th February, 2012
Chris Butler, Five Lamps' Senior Business Development Officer recently caught up with Val Boyers t...
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14th February, 2012
Brian Sample has always been passionate about gardens and the outdoors. He trained at Kew in Londo...
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10th February, 2012
Steven Redpath, Five Lamps' Financial Inclusion Link Worker recently caught up with Leanne to see ho...
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7th February, 2012
For years, Fiona Hawkins has always carried out all the alterations and dressmaking for family and...
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3rd February, 2012
Emma McNeill, Five Lamps' Senior Loans Officer recently caught up with Joanne Boocock from Redcar &a...
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31st January, 2012
Since the mid 80s, Chris Rutledge from Stockton had worked as an electrician for a number of local...
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31st January, 2012
Teesside law firm, Endeavour Partnership, has been appointed by leading North East social enterprise...
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24th January, 2012
Stockton Recovery Group has helped to transform the lives of people with drug and alcohol dependency...
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20th January, 2012
Brenda Turnbull, Five Lamps' Employability Team Leader recently caught up with Peter White to see ho...
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17th January, 2012
Victoria Boland, 24 of Easington in County Durham, had successfully juggled a full-time job and sing...
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10th January, 2012
Young people aged between 7 to 18 years who attend Five Lamps’ Youthy have busy during Novembe...
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10th January, 2012
Good News Story Update - Harpers Bar goes from Strength to Strength Brenda Turnbull, Five Lamp...
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20th December, 2011
In 2010 after a career in manufacturing and the construction industry, Debra Holliday found hersel...
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13th December, 2011
Michelle Brook, 36 from Thornaby had always dreamt of working within the Police force since she was ...
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6th December, 2011
After a great few years training in fashion and textiles and working abroad, Shelley Currie from S...
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5th December, 2011
Sylwia Nowaska is a young woman living in Thornaby, who travelled from her home land in Poland with ...
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29th November, 2011
Philip from Northumberland approached Five Lamps in October 2011 to applying for a personal loan, as...
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22nd November, 2011
Luciano first came to Five Lamps through ‘Communities Fund’ in August 2010. Five Lamps ...
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10th November, 2011
Thinking of starting a business? Just started your own business? FREE workshops Pick & Mix Work...
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7th November, 2011
Five Lamps’ Youth Services have been working closely with members of Thornaby’s Muslim c...
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1st November, 2011
Julie Chapman, 38 is a lone parent from Thornaby who first came to Five Lamps through ‘Communi...
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25th October, 2011
After spending a number of years working as an electrician for other companies, Ian Gilkes, 27 fro...
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18th October, 2011
Lynne Love, from Thornaby is devoted to her family. During her children’s formative years, Lyn...
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12th October, 2011
Allison Emerson, from Stanley became aware of Five Lamps through a friend who had used our services ...
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3rd October, 2011
All through her life, Diane Drysdale from Stockton has always been in and around horses, events an...
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27th September, 2011
James Davison, is a 13 year old young person who attends the Youthy’s VIBE youth club. Phot...
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20th September, 2011
Partnership working between Five Lamps and property services group Apollo has ensured that 3 young p...
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19th September, 2011
Five Lamps is celebrating after winning the Most Enterprising Third Sector Award at the Catalyst Ann...
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13th September, 2011
Bright sparks from Thornaby and Ingleby Barwick will get a head start with their University careers ...
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6th September, 2011
Sarah Birch, 25 from Norton had trained and worked as a hairdresser since leaving school. In early...
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30th August, 2011
Young People with special needs who attend the Youthy’s VIBE youth club are celebrating after ...
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23rd August, 2011
Kath, 54 from Stockton first came to Five Lamps in February 2011 through ‘Communities Fund&rsq...
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16th August, 2011
Kathleen Dawson from Stanley, Durham is an existing Five Lamps Financial Inclusion customer who was ...
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2nd August, 2011
The allotment project has proved to be a great success with young people from Five Lamps’ Yout...
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13th July, 2011
Five Lamps are celebrating after being shortlisted by The Centre for Social Justice in their Awards ...
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12th July, 2011
Richard Carter, 30 from Thornaby and Daniel Stephenson, 24 from Norton first came to Five La...
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5th July, 2011
Daniel Taylor, 20 from Thornaby first came to Five Lamps in May 2011. Daniel had been unemployed for...
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21st June, 2011
Michael Hunt, 32, from Stockton is turning his life around with the help of Five Lamps and Integrate...
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14th June, 2011
Young people from Five Lamps’ Youthy have spent the past 8 months learning to knit. The young...
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9th June, 2011
Voluntary sector bosses supported Middlesbrough's city bid when they helped to clean up the iconic T...
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7th June, 2011
Five Lamps have been helping people to manage their money through a ‘Capacity Builders’ ...
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27th May, 2011
Congratulations to Graeme Oram and Jodie Hind, winners of the North East VCS Awards 2011. Jodie Hin...
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24th May, 2011
Peter Troy from Stockton had wanted for a number of years to start his own security solutions busine...
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18th May, 2011
On behalf of Business Link, Five Lamps run a series of FREE enterprise/ business training workshops....
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17th May, 2011
Mr & Mrs A first approached Five Lamps in March 2011 as they were experiencing extreme financial...
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12th May, 2011
Discussion about the progress and many achievements of Five Lamps has become a regular feature ...
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11th May, 2011
Five Lamps is proud of how we 'Make People Matter'. Hear from Letricia, one of our customers about t...
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11th May, 2011
Five Lamps is proud of how we 'Make People Matter'. Hear from Jodie, one of our customers about the ...
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3rd May, 2011
Five Lamps have been running a very successful project at The Youthy for people aged 50+ who live wi...
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1st May, 2011
Five Lamps is proud of how we 'Make People Matter'. Hear from Karen, one of our customers about the ...
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26th April, 2011
It is fitting that in the year that Five Lamps celebrated its 25 anniversary, we have produced ...
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21st April, 2011
Jodie Hind, 34 from Stockton is an inspiration to people who want to turn their lives around and is ...
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18th April, 2011
Five Lamps is featured in The Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) Spring 2011 ‘Untold Ba...
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15th April, 2011
Five Lamps is featured in a report ‘Twenty catalytic investments to grow the social investment...
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13th April, 2011
Five Lamps have a satellite office in Billingham to help people who are thinking about self-employme...
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4th April, 2011
This film is about the positive activities that young people are involved in. Five Lamps were succe...
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22nd March, 2011
Tim Hutton had been looking to find work and was starting to feel discouraged and depressed, that wa...
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9th March, 2011
Philip Tucker has been elected to be Chair of Five Lamps. The Thornaby-based social enterprise has...
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7th March, 2011
Sharon Joyce, 40 from Thornaby had spent the past 8 years of her life suffering from anxiety, panic ...
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25th February, 2011
Aalia Ali, 30, had been unemployed for over 3 years. Although Ali had an NVQ Level 2 in Business Adm...
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10th December, 2010
On Friday 3 December 2010, young people from Five Lamps’ youth services Foundation Lea...
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1st December, 2010
A local dad is celebrating success after achieving his dream of running his own business. A...
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16th November, 2010
The organisation grows from strength to strength On Friday 12 November 2010, Five Lamps hel...
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3rd November, 2010
Help for Thornaby students in memory of Alan Robson Talented young people from Thornaby wer...
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3rd November, 2010
Putting the Customer First WOW Awards! The WOW awards is the awarding body for “Putti...
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27th September, 2010
A pair of sandwich-makers who faced unemployment are continuing to earn a crust thanks to support fr...
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27th September, 2010
Money does indeed matter, especially when you haven’t got it. Financial inclusion has been a g...
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7th September, 2010
Hard-hitting films have been produced by teams of youngsters who feel they have a message to get acr...
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2nd September, 2010
Five Lamps have been successful in achieving the Investors in People’s Gold Standard. The sta...
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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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