The Civic Centre isn't normally open at four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, but Les and Sandra from the council have very kindly made themselves available so that we can host the Light Up A Life ceremony organised by St Clare Hospice.
The ceremony takes place at the foot of the steps to the Gibberd Gallery, around the Christmas tree and - fittingly for an event for remembering loved ones - the Family Group statue.
I welcome everyone to the event; then Melanie from St Clare talks about the work of the hospice, and lay reader Angela leaders the ceremony, with a couple of carols, a reading and a couple of short prayers during which the lights on the tree are lit. I use the moment to remember my parents, who died in 2003 and 2006 respectively - just as everyone present remembers someone close to them.
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