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Thursday 16 Nov 2006

PHOTOCALL: LIVERPOOL LIME STREET LIGHTS UP FOR CHRISTMAS

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Date: Thursday, November 30 2006 Time: 18:30 Location: main concourse at Liverpool Lime Street Photographers are invited to photograph the official switch-on of the charity Christmas tree at Liverpool Lime Street station. The tree has been provided by Zöe’s Place, a Liverpool based children’s charity, as part of their ‘Light up a Life’ campaign. A short service will follow the light switch-on, which will include a choir, organised by Network Rail’s Railway Chaplain. Roy Greenhalgh, Liverpool Lime Street station manager, said: “We are extremely proud to be able to support Zöe’s Place and their ‘Light up a Life’ campaign this Christmas.  “The hospice has offered an invaluable service and provided much needed support for hundreds of families across Merseyside since it opened.” The charity is the only hospice in the country to care for babies with multiple special needs. They offer respite and palliative terminal care to babies and their parents from birth. The first hospice opened in Liverpool and now there is a hospice in Middlesbrough and fundraising has begun to open a third hospice in the Midlands. The ‘Light up a Life’ campaign aims to raise money as well as offering a way for the lives of loved ones to be commemorated. In return for a small donation, a light of remembrance is added to the Christmas tree at the hospice. In addition, the charity is displaying a number of Christmas trees in public spaces as a way of increasing their visibility amongst the people of Merseyside.     More information about Zöe’s Place and their ‘Light up a Life’ campaign can be found by logging on to www.zoes-place.org.uk