Leicester businesses have come together to support LOROS’ Stomp Round Leicester art trail taking place this summer.
The trail, which launched on Monday, 14th July and runs until Sunday, 21st September, is made up of 40 large elephant sculptures which have been placed around the city to mark 40 years of LOROS’ fundamental end-of-life hospice care.
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The five-foot-tall elephants have been sponsored by local businesses and each one has been designed by new and established artists.
This includes Daft-apeth, aka Serge Pizzorno, lead singer of Leicester rock band Kasabian, who designed the PPL PRS sponsored elephant, which can be found in the city’s Humberstone Gate.
LOROS’ hope is that the elephant sculptures will be both a fun, family-friendly trail of discovery for the community to enjoy while exploring the city, as well as a way to support important, thought-provoking conversations.
The trail, which is free to attend and focuses on elephants mainly as a representation of wisdom, diversity, and the ‘elephant in the room’ that can be present during terminal illness diagnosis and treatment.
Leicester-based actor Stephen Graham and his wife have also got involved, decorating an elephant each, along with comedian Greg Davies.
The Stomp Round Leicester campaign is to raise vital awareness and much-needed funds for LOROS’ integral work and hospices. Once the exhibition is over, the large elephant sculptures will be auctioned off on Wednesday, 8th October, to raise money for the LOROS Hospice to help local terminally ill people and their families at the most difficult times of their lives.
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To mark the beginning of the trail, members of PPL PRS visited their elephant, including Operations Director, Lee Osborne.
He said:“LOROS and the work they do is very close to home to the teams at PPL PRS, and we are really proud to support their Stomp Round Leicester campaign, and in particular the Serge Pizzorno designed elephant in Humberstone Gate.
“It was wonderful to see the elephants in-situ in the city today, and seeing so many people taking an interest in why they are there, and taking part in the trail. We hope the campaign is a huge success for the charity and raises the much needed, vital funds.”
