Highland Hospice has announced a special festive light switch-on event taking place in the city’s Falcon Square on Sunday 24th November at 4pm.
Working in partnership with Eastgate Shopping Centre, the charity will light the Hospice’s Christmas tree lights, along with the city centre lights, following a half-hour host of entertainment provided by various acts.
Highland Hospice fundraiser Carrie Macdonald said, “We are so grateful to Eastgate Shopping Centre for partnering with us to provide this fabulous event. Hopefully lots of families will join us on 24th November where we will bring music from this year’s Ness Factor winner Kay-Lisa Davidson, and entertainment from See Chelle’s characters Elsa and Anna.
Nicola McAlley will host the event, and the lights will be switched on by the Santa himself!”
The lights switch-on rounds off a special day for Eastgate where Moray Markets will be trading, the stores themselves will be full of festive offerings and Cairngorm Reindeer will be in Falcon Square between 11am and 2pm.
The Falcon Square tree is one of three situated in Inverness as part of the Hospice’s annual ‘Light up the Highlands’ campaign. Another will be placed within the Hospice’s In the City Cafe and Bookshop in the Eastgate Centre, with a third tree outside the Hospice Inpatient Unit for patients and visitors to enjoy.
‘Light up the Highlands’ invites people to sponsor a tree light, helping Highland Hospice to be a place of comfort and hope for families who need its care this Christmas. A light can be dedicated specifically in memory of someone who is dearly missed.
Carrie added, “Our Falcon Square tree is integral to ‘Light up the Highlands’ where we invite people to take time to pause and show compassion to those having a difficult time around Christmas. Sponsoring a tree light is an act of kindness – a way of helping the Hospice, remembering someone special, or both.”
“This is the sixth year that our Christmas tree will be present in Falcon Square and would like to extend our grateful thanks to Cairngorm Group for supporting the tree, as well as Capstone Construction and Paterson Haulage for putting it up for us.
We hope that it brings hope, light and cheer to many over the festives.”
To sponsor a ‘Light up the Highlands’ Christmas tree light in support of Highland Hospice, please click here.
