Following this year’s hugely successful and record-breaking Twilight Walk, LOROS are hoping for the same turnout at the summer’s family-friendly Colourfun Mile.
Jonathan Mason’s father, Brian, was an inpatient on the ward at LOROS last year, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The hospice’s chief executive, John Knight, said: "This is a really exciting project for us, and I believe we are the first hospice in the country to have specifically commissioned such a film as a therapeutic tool using a familiar local setting."
A woman has been inspired to run the London Marathon and change her career after seeing the care LOROS has provided for her grandma.
An army of more than 1,800 pink ladies marched through Leicester city centre on Saturday night to raise money for LOROS at the Hospice’s annual Twilight Walk.
LOROS Hospice, in Groby Road, has commissioned and produced a special film to give terminally ill patients whose lives have become restricted due to their illness, the chance to see the world from the comfort of their chair or bed.
Last week saw the launch of LOROS Local, a new initiative introduced by the hospice to give people in the community easier access to information about the services it offers.
Explorer Ed, who grew up in Leicestershire and now hosts his own TV series on the Discovery Channel, will be giving fundraisers advice on how to survive the wild, as they spend 36 hours in an unknown location to raise money for LOROS.
