This festive season, we invite you to remember someone special by adding a shining star to our Light Up A Life Christmas Tree.
Devon
Appeal runs throughout November & December. Trees to be lit at our free Christmas Concert in Barnstaple Pannier Market
For anyone wishing to honour a loved ones memory this Christmas
Christmas is a time when memories shine brightest—when we remember the moments shared with loved ones and wish we could spend just one more festive season together. Light Up a Life is your way of making their memory sparkle this Christmas.
This year, you are invited to dedicate a star in memory of someone special on our Light Up a Life tree. The tree, glowing with hundreds of stars, will be displayed at Barnstaple’s Pannier Market, a beautiful tribute to the people we hold in our hearts. You are not alone in missing someone at this time of year, and each star will honour those amazing lives that continue to inspire us.
Your donation in their memory will help us ensure that families in North Devon are cared for, during what could be their final Christmas together. For those facing a life-limiting illness, your support brings dignity, comfort, and compassionate care—so families can create precious moments together. Every star represents a cherished life and brings hope to others during difficult times.
THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER, 6PM, BARNSTAPLE PANNIER MARKET
Enjoy free entry, festive food, and live music, and join us for the lighting of the Light Up a Life tree. See your star shine in memory of someone special, alongside hundreds of others who are honouring their loved ones this Christmas.
Throughout the festive period, there’ll be a number of Light Up a Life church services across North Devon. You can come to remember loved ones, with the comfort of being together at this poignant time of year.
You are welcome to attend the services at:
COMING SOON!
Tabs was 18. She loved music, orange nail varnish, and her puppy Nala. This Christmas, her parents, Hayley and Mike will be hanging a star in memory of Tabs.
“Our daughter Tabitha (‘Tabs’ to everyone who loved her) was cared for at North Devon Hospice for eight days before she died. She was 18.
Those eight days broke our hearts, but held us at the same time. The hospice team cared for Tabs with such kindness and dignity, and they cared for us too. Every night, a bed was made up beside Tabs, so we never had to leave her side.
All her family and friends were welcomed and looked after too. Even the small things were noticed: the volunteers who quietly arranged the flowers when we couldn’t.The kitchen staff who cooked her salmon because she fancied it. A nurse even painted her nails orange, just how she liked.They cared for Tabs the person, not just Tabs the patient.
Christmas will never be the same without her. There’s a space at our table that nothing fills.
"That’s why, every year, we remember Tabs with the Light Up a Life appeal. We write her name on a star, alongside hundreds of other families who do the same, as they all understand what it means to miss someone so much. It doesn’t take the grief away, but it makes it easier to carry.
This Christmas, we’re asking you to make a dedication for someone you miss too. It only takes a moment, but it means everything. It’s a chance to say their name, remember them, and know you’re not carrying it alone.
Your donation in their memory will also help North Devon Hospice give other families what they gave ours: the care, the kindness, the small acts of thought. It let us simply be Tabs’ family, in the time we had left with her.
We’ll never be able to thank them enough. This is our way of trying."
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