The Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) annual Moonlight Memory Walk iwill return to Falmouth on Saturday, September 27.

This will be the sixth year that the event has been held in Falmouth. In the past hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Falmouth to complete a sponsored, five-mile, circular walk celebrating the memory of loved ones with every step.

This year’s walk will start as the clock strikes 10pm on September 27. Beforehand there will be a candlelit memory ceremony, at which there will be a few moments to remember loved ones. There will also be some words from the CHSW Little Harbour hospice team and, after a warm up, the walk will begin.

Sarah Stott, events fundraiser for CHSW, is looking forward to bringing the event to Falmouth again.

She said: “We have had many ladies take up the opportunity of walking with their daughters and grand-daughters now that we have lowered the age limit to 14-plus years, so we are looking forward to seeing generations of ladies walking together on the evening. It is simple, the more ladies that take part, the more money will be raised to help us to support families with life limited children at our beautiful Little Harbour children’s hospice.”

Anyone wanting to take part in this special event can register at chsw.org.uk/moonlight. The entry fee is just £10. Participants are encouraged to raise as much sponsorship as possible.

Children’s Hospice South West helps and supports children with life-limiting conditions and children who are not expected to survive into adulthood. The Little Harbour hospice, near St Austell, provides respite care and support for those children and their families who often have to cope with the most difficult of situations.

Of these families, some seek palliative care, some go to the hospice for emergency care and many for planned respite and a rare opportunity for a break. Others will also be supported after the loss of a child by the bereavement team. Little Harbour provides a loving and caring place for every member of every family who stays there. It is a sanctuary for mums and dads, brothers and sisters – a place where everyone can begin to forget their worries for a while, be a family again and find expert help and support in facing an uncertain future.