LCFC Support Rocket Round Leicester Campaign

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LCFC Support Rocket Round Leicester Campaign

Leicester City’s Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall helped to launch the Rocket Round Leicester campaign at King Power Stadium this morning.

2021-07-19T09:22:00.000Z

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19 Jul, 2021

LCFC Support Rocket Round Leicester Campaign

Leicester City’s Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall helped to launch the Rocket Round Leicester campaign at King Power Stadium this morning.

Admin

2021-07-19T09:22:00.000Z

LCFC Support Rocket Round Leicester Campaign

Leicester City’s Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall helped to launch the Rocket Round Leicester campaign at King Power Stadium this morning.

Admin

2021-07-19T09:22:00.000Z

LCFC Support Rocket Round Leicester Campaign

Leicester City’s Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall helped to launch the Rocket Round Leicester campaign at King Power Stadium this morning.

Admin

2021-07-19T09:22:00.000Z

LCFC Support Rocket Round Leicester Campaign

Leicester City’s Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall helped to launch the Rocket Round Leicester campaign at King Power Stadium this morning.

Admin

2021-07-19T09:22:00.000Z

- The Rocket Round Leicester trail launched today - Campaign is LOROS Hospice’s biggest ever fundraising event - Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall helped to launch the initiative at King Power Stadium

Organised by LOROS Hospice and Wild in Art, the initiative will run for 10 weeks from Monday 19 July to Sunday 26 September, with 40 individually designed, hand-painted giant rocket sculptures located across the city – including on Filbert Way!

As LOROS’ flagship fundraising event of the year, Rocket Round Leicester will see these spectacularly decorated sculptures steer a voyage of discovery across the city’s streets and open spaces like never before. Standing at over 8ft in height, each rocket has been designed by an artist and sponsored by a local business.

Trail-goers are encouraged to pick up a Trail Map from the Rocket Round Leicester Trail Hub Shop in Highcross shopping centre (upper mall) to discover all of the sculpture locations and complete the trail.

Visitors can also download the official app from the Google Play and App store to begin their quest in ‘unlocking’ all of the sculptures for exciting rewards, such as giveaways, competitions for family-fun adventures, and discounts for local activities.

The Birch, Patron for LOROS, said: “This is a really exciting campaign and one I’m sure the people of Leicester will enjoy taking part in this summer, all while raising vital funds to support the work of LOROS."

“The sculptures are incredible, especially our very own LCFC rocket at King Power Stadium, so credit to LOROS and Wild in Art for the work they’ve put in to make this happen.”

Alongside exploring the trail, visitors can experience 10 different themed weeks; from music, space, challenge and wellness to name a few, and with each unique week, LOROS have organised themed events for everybody to enjoy this summer holidays.

LOROS’ 10km Twilight Walk is back with an out-of-this-world theme, alongside exhilarating new challenges from a daring Bungee Jump and Firewalk to an astronomical 100km Space Race. Visitors can also escape to a magical world of cinema with LOROS’ Outdoor Cinema weekend showing space-themed films, as well as experiencing a unique opportunity to Send a Message to the Stars in remembrance of a loved one.

Following this, there will be one final time to see the sculptures together at the Farewell Weekend from 9 – 10 October. Sponsored by University of Leicester, all 40 giant Rocket sculptures and miniature Junior Jets, designed by local schools, will congregate at the National Space Centre for a weekend of entertainment.

The grand-finale will see the giant Rocket sculptures auctioned off on 13 October to raise money for LOROS Hospice.

John Knight, LOROS Hospice Chief Executive said: “We’re over the moon to bring the first ever sculpture trail to Leicester’s city centre. It’s an exciting venture for LOROS as it’s our biggest ever fundraising event and comes at a very important time for the charity."

“Rocket Round Leicester will help us raise significant funding towards the vital work of the hospice, meaning that we can continue to provide specialist care for over 2,500 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland every year."

“We’re also very proud to be helping to revitalise our incredible city and thankful to our partners and sponsors who have remained so supportive of the hospice and in making this massive event become a reality.”

The city-wide trail will contribute towards delivering care services to the hospice’s patients and their families’ at the most difficult time of their lives. The much-loved local charity largely relies on the generosity of the community to fund the care provided.

The Rocket Round Leicester app costs £1.99, with a percentage of the proceeds contributing towards patient care at LOROS Hospice.

For more information about Rocket Round Leicester, please click HERE.

Details and tickets for events and activities are available HERE.

To keep up to date with the Rocket Round Leicester trail and events, follow @RocketRoundLeicester across social media.

Image: Incite Video.

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