Celebrate a Life carol services

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Celebrate a Life carol services

We are delighted to invite you to our carol services, which take place outside our hospitals in Chelsea and Sutton.

During these special services, we will switch on the Christmas tree lights and enjoy a selection of carols, prayers, and readings, with performances from local choirs and bands.

Any donations received on the night and through the naming of stars will help fund the groundbreaking work of The Royal Marsden.

Sutton service

Tuesday 2 December at 6pm

Join us at the front of The Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Rd, Sutton SM2 5PT

Chelsea service

Thursday 4 December at 6pm

Join us at the front of The Royal Marsden Hospital, 203 Fulham Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 6JJ. If you are attending the Chelsea event, please note there is no parking available.

A Man in a fulham brass band jacket playing a silver tuba at the carol service.

On the night

Both services take place outside, so please wrap up warm and bring an umbrella – just in case!

Limited seating is available at both carol services with only a few seats available for those who require them. If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know by Thursday 27 November and we will do our best to accommodate you. Email us at [email protected] or call 020 7808 2233.

The Charity’s offices, in both Sutton and Chelsea, will be closed to visitors on the evening of the events, but there will be information stands outside to help you with anything you may need.

2025 Order of Service

A printed Order of Service listing all your special Celebrate a Life star names will be available at both the carol services. A downloadable version is also available online closer to the time. To ensure your star's name is printed in our Order of Service, please name your stars before Sunday 16 November 2025.

Name your star

A large Christmas tree, lit up in front of The Royal Marsden hospital in Chelsea.

Filming and photography at the event

The carol service events will be live streamed, and the recordings will be made available on our website and on Facebook. If you are attending the services in person, then you will not be recorded as part of the livestream unless you are performing. Please keep to the designated areas and follow the instructions of our volunteers on the night to ensure you do not accidentally interrupt the filming of the livestream.

Photography and videos will also be recorded before, during and after the carol services, you will not be included in these in an identifiable way unless we have asked your permission and have a signed consent form from you first.

If we would like to photograph you then our team will offer you the consent form, including our contact details if you change your mind and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

We’d love to include you in the photos so that we can show others how special the Celebrate a Life carol services are. However, we cannot feature everybody, and we understand that not everyone is comfortable with this either, so please do feel free to say no if you prefer.

For more information, please see our privacy policy.

We are here to help you

If you have any questions or would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

To receive updates about Celebrate a Life including details about the carol services, please get in touch at [email protected]

Watch the carol services online

If you cannot attend the services, you can still be a part of our Celebrate a Life services by joining us virtually.

Both services will be streamed on our Facebook page and the recordings will be available to watch on our website following the services.

You do not need to have a facebook account to watch the livestream . If you are asked to sign up, you can click 'skip' or 'not now' and you will be able to access the live streams. If you would like to interact with the stream or comment you will need to be logged into a Facebook account.