Support for estimated 1,000 hoarders in Stamford is starting soon at Mindspace, a free in person course called Buried in Treasure,
will offer gentle support and understanding to those who keep more than they can cope with. It's funded by the NHS in Lincolnshire. Course leader Kat Band says if you scale down the National Research, it's quite a problem locally too.
‘We know that there's somewhere between 2 and 6% of the overall population in the UK who live in hoarded homes. So that would equate to about one and a half million households, which is staggering. If you then use the same data set to think about what does that look like for the immediate Stamford area, that would equate to over 1,000 households. So this is actually a very live issue. This is happening on people's doorsteps and they don't know it. It's a condition, it's something that people feel a huge amount of shame around including family and friends of those you have these behaviours, they feel they don't have permission to talk about it, unsure about how best to support their loved one. And we feel that this is an incredibly important public health issue that's more prevalent than schizophrenia but yet doesn't receive the same kind of coverage and compassion’.
201 bus route affected by road closure in Stamford
Road safety improvements on the A43
Feasibility study to establish a museum at Stamford Town Hall
Seven week consultation now under way for Local Government Reorganisation
Police officers save man's life in Uppingham
Concerns about several buildings and sites around Stamford
Benedict's Law takes a step forward
Kilnside Energy Park no longer being developed
Police warn of doorstep scam
Benedict's Law to be debated in the House of Lords
Oakham Library now open
Weekend sports round up
