Celebrate a Life

Every year at The Royal Marsden we place thousands of gold stars on our Christmas trees, each one remembering and celebrating the life of a loved one.

You can dedicate one of these stars to someone special to you. Their name will be handwritten on a star and displayed on the Christmas tree at your chosen hospital (Sutton or Chelsea). As a mark of our thanks we will send you a special gold lapel badge and – new this year – a star for you to personalise and hang on your own tree.

This year, we've extended the period in which you can order your stars. By doing this we hope to offer you a better service: we will have more time to acknowledge your orders and deal with any queries you have, preventing a last-minute rush for you and spreading the workload for our Fundraising team. The closing date for orders is 23 November 2010.

Remember a loved one

For a suggested donation of £15 you can add a star to one of our trees. We will also send you a gold lapel badge and a star for your own tree as a mark of our thanks for supporting us this Christmas.

Order a star

An online donation form will be available soon, but in the meantime you can download this order form, print it off and post it to us. 

• Download the order form (PDF)

Alternatively, you can call Malvin Sayle on 020 7808 2259.

Carol service

The lighting of the trees will take place on:

• 7 December at 6pm in Sutton
• 9 December at 6pm in Chelsea

Each lighting ceremony will be followed by a short carol concert to celebrate the lives of those we love. If you dedicate a star, your loved one’s name will also appear in the Order of Service.

Fundraising

The money raised from these celebratory stars enables us, as The Royal Marsden’s charity, to make a real difference to the 40,000 patients seen each year. This Christmas we’ll be raising money for vital projects such as building Europe’s largest and most advanced Critical Care Unit for cancer patients and pioneering Hospital2Home across London – a service which ensures that patients receiving palliative care get the very best support from their local services.