Shining a Light of Love: Tree of Light Remembrance Names 2025
As Christmas approaches, our city becomes home to a very special tradition – Communicare’s 17th Annual Tree of Light campaign. This year, the campaign grew even brighter with three switch-on events bringing people together to celebrate, remember and help tackle loneliness across the city. Each twinkling light on our trees reflects a story – a... Read More
Mayor at our first 2025 Tree of Light
Southampton’s 803rd Right Worshipful Mayor and the city’s fourth Lord Mayor will be flicking the switch at our light-up event next Sunday. On Sunday, November 16, Councillor James Baillie will do the honours at St. James by the Park Church, Shirley for the first of our three free switch-on events this year. Where our trees... Read More
Our Tree of Light campaign gets bigger for 2025
We’ve launched our 17th annual Tree of Light fundraising and awareness campaign with more live switch-ons than ever this year. We’re helping beat isolation through our sponsored lights, each one commemorating a loved one or special cause, and our trio of switch-on events in November and December. Three real life switch-ons Our Manager, Annie explains: “We’re launching our... Read More
Tree of Light 2025
Can you believe it…this year we’re launching our 17th annual Tree of Light campaign?! AND…in 2025, we have not one, not two but THREE real life switch-on events! We hope you can join us. The huge tree outside of St. James by the Park Church, (Shirley) one of the beautiful pines in the Woolston Millennium... Read More
Tree of light 2024 remembrance names
Our Tree of Light 2024 event has been huge! We’re so thankful to everyone who has been a part of it – sponsoring lights, making stars, helping at events or simply turning up for an evening of fun! We hope you all enjoyed the light switch-ons as much as us and found some solace in... Read More
Tree of Light 2024
We’re thrilled to announce our 16th annual Tree of Light campaign and that we have two real life switch-on events coming up. We hope you can join us! One of the beautiful pines in the Woolston Millennium Garden and a large donated tree at St. Mark’s Church, Archers Road, will be covered in hundreds of... Read More
Tree of light 2023 remembrance names…
Our Tree of Light 2023 event has been so well supported and we couldn’t be more grateful. We hope you all enjoyed the light switch-ons as much as us and found some solace in sponsoring a light in remembrance of a loved one/cause. The sponsorship totalled £1,525.17 with gift aid, which is wonderful! Thank you... Read More
Tree of Light 2023
We’re thrilled to announce our 15th annual Tree of Light campaign and that we have two real life switch-on events coming up. We hope you can join us! One of the beautiful pines in the Woolston Millennium Garden and a large donated tree at St. Mark’s Church, Archers Road, will be covered in hundreds of... Read More
Tree of light 2022 remembrance names…
We are thrilled our Tree of Light 2022 event was so well supported. We hope you all enjoyed the light switch-ons as much as us and found some solace in sponsoring a light in remembrance of a loved one/cause. The sponsorship totalled £1,471.88 with gift aid, which is wonderful! Thank you so much to all... Read More
Our Tree of Light raises more than £1,200 so far
We have raised more than £1,200 with our 14th annual Tree of Light campaign. We held switch-on events for our festive trees to commemorate loved ones at two events last weekend (December 3 and 4) and people are still able to sponsor lights until December 20. A helping hand to the community All the funds raised... Read More