The Beacon

The Beacon, named to represent hope for a brighter future, was co-designed by staff from Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust’s specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) and young service users. It offers a safe, welcoming and positive environment for individuals who need mental health inpatient care, supporting them and their families on the journey to recovery.

The Beacon has individual, ensuite bedrooms, rather than dormitory style accommodation; with facilities for Leicester Hospital School, as well as sensory rooms, quiet lounge areas, clinic rooms and an outside garden and sports area. Thanks to an incredibly generous donation from Leicester City Football Club, LPT has been able to build an astro-turfed sports pitch which will be used for a range of activities from five-a-side games to yoga and meditation.

The facility has 15 beds, an increase on the current 10-bed provision, and in future will be able to offer care for young people with eating disorders who require an inpatient stay.

One requirement for this project was for the reduced ligature solutions to be dual colour so that there would be a different colour externally & internally. The colours chosen were RAL 1018 Zinc Yellow externally & RAL 7004 Signal Grey internally to give a nice contrast from bedroom and communal spaces to the courtyard space.