Moonlight Memory Walk Cornwall 2025

Walk and fundraise in memory of your loved one

We ask each person who takes part in this event to pledge to raise £60 towards the £30,000 we hope Moonlight Memory Walk Cornwall will raise. By taking part in Moonlight Memory Walk and fundraising in memory of your loved one, you’ll be raising vital funds for families like Oliver’s: 

After Oliver received end of life care at Little Harbour in 2019, his parents and brother Benjamin received bereavement support. 

At a time when you don’t know where to look or where to turn or how on earth you are going to get through this horrendous time in your life, they’re there, they hold your hand, they wrap their arms around you and they just take you through it.

Mike, Oliver's Dad

• £60 could contribute towards a supported hydrotherapy session helping to relax sore muscles  
• £86 could fund 1 hour of care for a family at one of our 3 hospices
• £125 could pay for a day of specialised sibling support for a bereaved brother or sister

Set up your JustGiving

It’s the easiest way to get sponsored. Let everyone know why you’re taking part and update your page with photos and videos. Share your page on social media, WhatsApp and by email so your family and friends can sponsor you. 

When you sign up, you’ll receive a welcome pack that has everything you need to know about fundraising, “walking in memory of bib,” a candle bag to decorate and walker number. Our Fundraising Team will also give you a call and be on hand to help with ideas to boost your fundraising. 

Fundraising Prize Draw

 Our free entry prize draw is open to any participant who individually raises over £100. Participants who have raised over £100 on their JustGiving page or sent in their offline sponsorship by Monday 10 December will be automatically entered into the draw. 

Leave a dedication for a loved one 

A special added feature of Moonlight Memory Walk Cornwall is our dedication page where you can add your loved one's name, photo and a personal message. 

You're welcome to set up more than one dedication for different loved ones and their names will appear on this dedication page for you, your friends and family members to visit, and there is the added option to make a donation in their memory when you set this up. 

Add your dedicationSee last year's dedications

Your loved one's names will also be a part of our memory ceremony on the evening of Saturday 8 November. If you don't want your dedication to appear as part of the ceremony, please email Kiley to ask for their names to be omitted.  

Dedications added after Wednesday 5 November cannot be included in the memory ceremony. 

Although the memory ceremony will not be broadcast live this year on the CHSW Facebook page, non-participants are also welcome to leave a dedication and donation on this page which will be included in the memory ceremony taking place at the Moonlight Memory Walk Cornwall event. However, only event participants are permitted to attend the memory ceremony.

On the evening

• 5:00pm: Event village opens 
• 5:00pm – 6:15pm: Participant arrivals, registration and t-shirt collection
• 6:25pm – 6:50pm: Memory ceremony 
• 6:50pm: Safety briefing and warm up 
• 7:00pm - 7:15pm: The walk will be set off in staggered groups 
• 9:00pm - 9.30pm: Event ends 

Venue

The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6EN 

Join us at The Lost Gardens of Heligan from 5pm where you will sign in and collect your Moonlight Memory Walk T-shirt which you can wear with pride as you reflect and remember the memories of your loved ones.

Registration is followed by a beautiful memory ceremony from 6:25pm to 6:50pm. During the ceremony, we will join together to light candles and listen to a special song dedicated to your loved ones. There will be readings and poems, all to celebrate the lives of those no longer with us, ending with 1 minute of applause followed by a 1 minute silence.  

Throughout the evening, your loved one’s name and photo that you have added to our online dedication page will be projected on a screen.  To add your loved one’s name, please leave a dedication here:

Leave a dedication

After a short safety briefing, we will begin the 4k Moonlight Memory Walk through Heligan's peaceful, lit gardens where there will be 4 special spaces to pause and mark your loved one’s memory by completing a small activity in their memory. This will include leaving a message in our 2025 book of dedications which you can come and view at a later date at our hospice, Little Harbour.

Please note that only those registered for the event will be able to gain access into the event village on the night by showing your walker number. Dogs are not permitted to attend this year due to limited space at the venue.  

Don’t forget to bring with you a torch, a mobile phone, a bottle of water, comfortable shoes and a warm coat. Your Moonlight Memory Walk t-shirt can be collected at registration, but we also encourage illuminated fancy dress if you feel like dressing up!  

In the event village, there will be live music, merchandise and food available to purchase.  

When you arrive back in the event village, the CHSW Moonlight Team will have a pasty and goody bag ready for you.   

Please be aware that because of the time of year and the unpredictability of the British weather, the format of the event may need to change. Please RSVP to our Moonlight Memory Walk Cornwall Facebook event to see all the latest updates. 

All your questions answered!

Check out our extensive FAQs for everything you need to know about the Moonlight Memory Walk.

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Important information

Terms and Conditions and Participant Safety Brief