Join us for our annual Light Up a Life service — a time of reflection, remembrance, and togetherness. This year, the service will take place on Sunday, 7th December 2025, at 7pm in the beautiful setting of Truro Cathedral.
The event will feature music, readings and carols, offering a moment of reflection, comfort, and solace as we honour and celebrate the lives of those who are no longer with us, yet remain forever in our hearts.
During our Light Up A Life service, we will have the opportunity to light a candle in memory of those dear to us. The soft glow of these candles will fill the cathedral with a warm and comforting light, symbolising the enduring love we hold for our departed loved ones.
Books of Remembrance featuring the names of loved ones form a meaningful part of the service and are displayed at Truro Cathedral, St Julia’s Hospice, and Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, as well as online.
Please use the above ‘make a dedication’ button to send us your loved ones names and your donation.
So you never miss out on securing your yearly Light Up A Life dedications you can set up an annual recurring gift, making sure you never miss the deadline for inclusion. Knowing we will receive this annual gift will help give us the confidence to plan for the future. If you wish to make your donation annually, the collection date will be the 1st November, please click the annual donation button below to fill in our electronic form. Alternatively you can make a one off donation with your dedication by clicking the one off donation button below to fill in our electronic form.
Our special Light Up A Life Books of Remembrance serve as a beautiful tribute to the love and impact they had on your life.
You can leave a dedication, and the names of your loved ones will be published and displayed at Truro Cathedral, Mount Edgcumbe Hospice and St Julia’s Hospice as well as making them available online. During this year’s service, the books held at Truro Cathedral will be brought forward to be blessed and available to view after the service.
Throughout the Light Up A Life service, our Dedication Film will play, projecting the names of all our loved ones, held up in light. Together, we will create a touching and unforgettable evening as we celebrate each and every life being remembered.
Our online copy of our Books of Remembrance will be available to view here from Sunday 7th December.
We know that not everyone can or is able to join our Light Up A Life service in person, but thanks to the team at Truro Cathedral, you are able to watch a livestream of the whole service and see all the names of those being remembered via the Cornwall Hospice Care YouTube channel.
Just click the play button in the centre of the image below from 7pm on Sunday 8th December 2024 to join with us.
If you’re not able to watch live, a recording of the service will be available to watch after the service has finished and into the new year.
Below the livestream section you can also view our Order of Service.
How can I make my Light Up A Life dedications?
You can complete your dedications securely online on this website page.
If you have any problems, please do call our Fundraising Office on 01726 66868 option 3 and the team will be happy to help.
Is there a deadline for getting my dedication to you?
Yes there is. If you’d like your dedications to be included in the service, we need to have received your dedication by 5pm on Monday 1st December.
Where and when can I see the Books of Remembrance?
Our Books of Remembrance will be on display for the Light Up A Life service at Truro Cathedral on Sunday 8th December and there will be time after the service has finished to view your dedications. Those books will remain at Truro Cathedral for the week following the service.
Books of Remembrance can also be viewed at both Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, St Austell and St Julia’s Hospice, Hayle following the service and will remain available until the end of January.
We also have an online copy of the Books of Remembrance which can be viewed here on this webpage when available.
Do I need to attend the service in person?
There is no obligation to attend the service at Truro Cathedral in person, although if you are able to attend we hope that the service provides you with some peace and comfort as you remember your loved ones.
If you prefer, each year we are fortunate to be able to livestream the service from the Cathedral thanks to their team and equipment. This livestream can be viewed from 7pm on the evening of the service on this webpage and is recorded so can be watched back at a time convenient to you.
