NEW SLT Single Release- Support our Guiding Star Campaign
Enjoy the music video and donate now to help people who are isolated this Christmas!
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About the Guiding Star video
The ‘Guiding Star’ Christmas single was recorded at Universal Music Studios and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Help our Christmas single become the festive Number one this year!
The music video tells a moving story through our lead actor and local poet Bill Dury, who has experienced his own mental health struggles. In the video, he starts in despairing isolation, but finds a place of joy singing ‘Guiding Star’ in the charity’s Choir.
This campaign is a great story of community spirit involving local residents, charity service users, creative professionals and the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in Islington. Jay Serrao (aka musician ‘Whiskey General’ a Gulf War refugee, and Adam Wilson, who lives with Parkinson’s, have both faced significant personal struggles. They have written Guiding Star to uplift others who are facing mental health challenges. The choruses of the song are performed by our Community Choir of charity participants.
“I have been very depressed in the last month. SLT is a light in the dark.”– Recent participant feedback
Who needs your help?
People struggling with their mental health, isolated and living in poverty are even more desperate during Christmas and into the New Year. They need your URGENT help now:
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For people experiencing mental health problems its far worse at Christmas. 77% of people say they feel lonely and isolated event when surrounded by loved ones during Christmas. 84% of people said their symptoms of mental illness are worse around Christmas. (Rethink Mental Illness survey)
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Our charity is a lifeline for many at this time of year. 89% of The Stuart Low Trust’s participantsfeel ‘more part of a community’ and ‘less isolated’ (Surveying during 2024).
How could your donation help?
The Stuart Low Trust breaks down the barriers of isolation by being free, open to everyone and available on evenings and weekends.
Your donation will go directly towards helping isolated Londoners experiencing mental health problems and in poverty to connect with others through FREE social activities and make new friendships.
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£10 will enable us to reach 50 more isolated people via publicity.
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£20 will pay for a Time to Talk session enabling 12 isolated people to connect socially.
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£50 will enable 12 isolated people to benefit from a social event.
How You Can Help NOW
It’s simple!
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DONATE NOW to SLT if you’re inspired by Guiding Star to help more isolated people
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Add Guiding Star to your Christmas playlists via a choice of these music platforms
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Repost our Guiding Star social media messages to your friends, family and work colleagues – see links at top right of this website.
Other ways to get involved:
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Sign up to volunteer at SLT
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Become a corporate supporter of SLT by emailing our Chief Executive Mark Gillham mark@slt.org.uk
Acknowledgements
Huge thanks to Martin Haines at Kudos and Jon Weston at Electric Robin (Banijay entertainment company), for their support to produce this fantastic music video: https://www.kudos.co.uk/ https://www.electric-robin.com/
The Stuart Low Trust is different:
We remove labels.
We challenge stigma.
We challenge stigma.
We are open to all.
We are available out of hours.
We are a community.
We are available out of hours.
We are a community.
Huge thanks to Amelia Hartley at Banijay, a multinational entertainment company, for her support to produce the single.
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