Charity Christmas Tree Festival set to light up Princesshay

Princesshay’s Roman Walk will be sparkling with festive cheer as the centre hosts its third Charity Christmas Tree Festival.

The festival, which aims to raise both awareness and funds for local charities, will be opened with a celebratory light switch-on by the Lord Mayor of Exeter at 5pm on Friday 20 November.  Representatives from participating charities will be attending the event, which follows the centre’s main Christmas lights switch-on on Thursday evening.

35 Christmas trees and lights, all donated by Princesshay, will be uniquely decorated by local charities to create a spectacular seasonal celebration. Visitors and shoppers to Princesshay’s Roman Walk will have the opportunity to donate money to their chosen charity.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay centre director, said: “The Christmas Tree Festival is a wonderful occasion and we hope to raise awareness and funds for all the participating charities. We warmly invite visitors to Princesshay to enjoy our festive event which will add Christmas cheer to Roman Walk.”

The participating charities are: Exeter & District Relate Centre , CEDA, HEADWAY, Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education, EDP Drug & Alcohol Services, NSPCC, British Heart Foundation, CHICKS, Farms for City Children, Children’s Hospice South West, Exeter Leukaemia Fund, Living Options, The Donkey Sanctuary, FORCE, St Loyes, Guide dogs for the blind, Age UK Exeter, North and East Devon Prostate Support Association, Macmillan, Exeter Community Initiatives, RSPB, Hospiscare, Alzheimer Society, CLIC Sargent, MS Society, Snack Pack, Diabetes Society, ATAXIA, WESC Foundation, Families for Children, Exeter Foundation, Devon Air Ambulance Trust, Little Valley Animal Shelter, Action for Children and Fair Trade.