Healthcare charity Sue Ryder is inviting people across Gloucestershire to celebrate and remember loved ones at a special winter remembrance event next month.

Sue Ryder Celebrate a Life Gloucestershire (previously known as Lights of Love) will take place at St Matthew's Church, Cheltenham, at 7pm on Wednesday 6 December, and welcomes anyone who wishes to remember and celebrate the lives of people who have died.

Featuring readings, poems and live music performances from a gospel choir, the event will include a moment for reflection.

The gathering gives the opportunity for people to come together alongside others in their community who are also living with loss and guests are invited to make a dedication in memory of someone special, which will be displayed at the event.

Sue Ryder Celebrate a Life Gloucestershire is free to attend and is open to anyone who wishes to remember a loved one, regardless of when they died or if they were a former patient of Sue Ryder.

Last year Sue Ryder provided palliative care to 8,100 people across the country, including from its Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice. The charity also launched its Grief Kind Spaces to encourage people to talk about their experiences of grief.

Sue Ryder provides a range of online bereavement support, including free video counselling delivered through trained bereavement counsellors; an online community forum offering 24-hour peer to peer support and a wide range of advice and resources for people who are grieving or supporting someone through bereavement.

Alysia Cameron-Price, community fundraising manager at Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice, said: "We are looking forward to inviting members of the community to our Celebrate a Life Gloucestershire event. This is an opportunity to come together and celebrate the life of someone special, that gives people a space to remember and have their loved one acknowledged."

Due to capacity of the venue, limited spaces are available. 

For more information and to register to attend visit www.sueryder.org/glos  or contact the Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice fundraising team via email leckhampton.fundraising@sueryder.org  or call 01242 246270.