Big things are coming in the summer of 2025!
In July 2025, a herd of magnificent Elephant sculptures will be stampeding into the city as part of a spectacular public art trail raising vital funds for LOROS Hospice.
To mark LOROS’ 40th anniversary in 2025, 40 gentle giants will journey into Leicester’s streets, parks and open spaces, forming a jumbo trail of Elephant sculptures across the city.
Each Elephant will be sponsored by a business and beautifully designed by a talented artist to create a free, fun, family-friendly trail of discovery for the community to enjoy whilst exploring our great city.
Joining the giant Elephants roaming through Leicester will be mini-herds of Baby Elephant sculptures, adopted and decorated by schools and community groups as part of an exciting Learning Programme.
The trail launches in July 2025 and the Elephants will march on to their new homes after the trail ends in September 2025. The giant Elephant sculptures will be auctioned to raise money for LOROS Hospice, helping terminally ill local people and their families at the most difficult times of their lives.
Why elephants?
Here’s a few reasons why elephants are the ideal sculpture to support LOROS Hospice.
Elephants never forget
Long-lived and famous for their enormous memories, elephants recall routes and recognise people. Like us, they’re social beings who form deep connections and close bonds that last lifetimes, experiencing joy together and also showing grief when a member of their herd dies. For our patients and their families, memories are very important – to cherish the time we have left and to comfort in happy recollections.
Elephants in culture
Elephants hold cultural significance in many societies, and are often associated with wisdom, strength, and good luck. Leicester’s famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough finds these gentle giants endlessly fascinating, with their unexpected qualities such as their incredible hearing (through their feet!) and their ability to swim.
Reflecting Leicester’s diversity
Elephants will help us tell the stories of Leicester’s diverse communities. The animal is important to many religions practised in the city, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, and Brahmanism. Elephants migrate and Leicester’s rich cultural diversity is also thanks to patterns of human migration.
The elephant in the room
The ‘elephant in the room’ is an obvious truth which no one wants to discuss. For LOROS Hospice this reflects society’s attitudes to death, dying and bereavement. It’s a difficult subject and we’d like our Elephant trail to support important thought-provoking conversations.
Why elephants?
Here’s a few reasons why elephants are the ideal sculpture to support LOROS Hospice.
Elephants never forget
Long-lived and famous for their enormous memories, elephants recall routes and recognise people. Like us, they’re social beings who form deep connections and close bonds that last lifetimes, experiencing joy together and also showing grief when a member of their herd dies. For our patients and their families, memories are very important – to cherish the time we have left and to comfort in happy recollections.
Elephants in culture
Elephants hold cultural significance in many societies, and are often associated with wisdom, strength, and good luck. Leicester’s famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough finds these gentle giants endlessly fascinating, with their unexpected qualities such as their incredible hearing (through their feet!) and their ability to swim.
Reflecting Leicester’s diversity
Elephants will help us tell the stories of Leicester’s diverse communities. The animal is important to many religions practised in the city, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, and Brahmanism. Elephants migrate and Leicester’s rich cultural diversity is also thanks to patterns of human migration.
The elephant in the room
The ‘elephant in the room’ is an obvious truth which no one wants to discuss. For LOROS Hospice this reflects society’s attitudes to death, dying and bereavement. It’s a difficult subject and we’d like our Elephant trail to support important thought-provoking conversations.
Join the herd!
The mammoth business benefits of being part of our Elephant foster family:
- Gain media exposure for your business
- Be part of an event bringing thousands of visitors to your local community
- Improve brand awareness for your business or organisation in a unique and memorable way
- Build a feel-good factor among your employees, customers and stakeholders
- Align your business with a well-respected local charity which provides vital services for people in your local community
- Be part of something amazing and make a big impact
There’s still time to go before the trail begins, but we hope you’ll join the herd and be inspired as you Stomp Round Leicester with us in the summer of 2025!
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Fundraise for LOROS Hospice
There’s a trunk full of ways you can help fundraise for LOROS and make a real difference in supporting the staff at the Hospice to give high-quality, compassionate care and help to terminally ill local people and their families.