Lulu, 76, urges fans to open about mental health while she launches charity trust prior to sponsored walk

Lulu has called for everyone who is struggling with their mental health to speak out, while preparing for a charity to support her new fund.

The singer, 76, best known for the sixties Shout and Boom Bang-A-Bang, marks the launch of Lulu’s Mental Health Trust with his first fundraising event-a sponsored walk Retreating important moments from her career of six decades.

Speaking prior to the event, Lulu said The mirror: ‘If you have a hard time, talk to someone. A friend, a family member, everyone has trained to listen. It may feel scary, but you have this. ‘

The walk will pass the Old Decca Studios in West Hampstead, where Lulu shouted and other London’s ownerships related to her life in music.

Until now, she has collected around £ 16,000 in sponsorship.

Lulu, who launched confidence earlier this year after completing her sold -out farewell trip, was inspired to start the fund while working on a book about her life and acknowledged the deep impact of mental health, both her own and that close to her.

Lulu has summoned everyone who is struggling with their mental health to speak out while preparing a charity in support to support her new fund

The singer, 76, best known for the 60s Hits Shout and Boom Bang-A-Bang, marks the launch of Lulu’s Mental Health Trust with his first fundraising event-a sponsored walk with important moments from her six decades of career

Thinking about the shift of the public attitudes, she said: “When I started, nobody spoke about mental health. Now we know how important it is. I want to give back. ‘

She added: ‘To do this after everything I have experienced, it feels a circle around. I have always supported charities, but setting up my own to help others really means something. ‘

The star took to her Instagram at the beginning of the year to launch the trust, De Ster wrote: ‘I am proud of announcing my own charity fund, Lulu’s Mental Health Trust.

‘Writing my memoirs opened my eyes for the enormous role that mental health has played throughout my life and the lives of the people I love.

‘With this charity fund I want to help with those who go through their own struggles and make a difference.

‘For my first initiative, on May 16 I will lead a sponsored walk through London. Get the link in my bio to sponsor me! ‘

It follows Lulu Announcement of her retirement of touring after a shimmering 60-year career In 2024 – saying that she felt ‘not supported’ about the heavy demands of Touring last year.

The Scottish star, real name Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, said she found on the road ‘demolishing’, while she added that she realized that she has changed.

Lulu, who launched confidence earlier this year after completing her sold -out farewell tour

The star took to her Instagram at the beginning of the year to launch trust, the star wrote how proud she was to set up trust and revealed what the first initiative would be

Lulu, was honored with an OBE and CBE and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 with the hit ‘Boom Bang-A-Bang

Speaking at the Rosebud -Podcast last year, the singer explained her reasoning a little further.

She said: “I was 75 and I thought:” You know what, I want to continue working, but I want to do it a different way “… I learned.

“And I also became a slightly different person. I’m not afraid to be vulnerable. ‘

She added: ‘To be honest, if I was 15 years old and someone would have suggested that I would do a farewell trip if I was 75, I would have said’ you laugh. ‘

“You almost need an army to set off and I don’t want to do it that anymore.”

Lulu, was honored with an OBE and CBE and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 with the hit ‘Boom Bang-A-Bang’.

It was at the age of only 15 when her version of the Scream of the Isley Brothers’ at number seven on the British hit list and she got a hit with the title track of the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun from 1974.