The Tree of Light
SHINING BRIGHT THIS CHRISTMAS
The Tree of Light
The Big Switch On:
Saturday 15th November 2025 at 5.15pm
Compered by the BBC’s Jon Smith with entertainment from 4pm by the Salvation Army Band followed by the Gloucester Dementia Choir, the St Benedict Choir and the Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra and the arrival of the City’s Children’s Lantern Procession. The Tree of Light countdown will start at 5:35, with the City Mayor doing the honour, before the GYWO conclude the ceremony.
Every November and December, The Rotary Tree of Light’s fabulous lights shine brightly in Kings Square, Gloucester until after Christmas, on 12th Night.
First launched in 2011, the huge tree adorned with thousands of lights has raised £100,000 for many charities, mainly local but also with wider support for health and young peoples’ charities
At our spectacular switch-on, the City’s Mayor, Father Christmas, the President of the Rotary Club of Gloucester, and others, were all introduced by Jon Smith, Breakfast Show host at BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
Please support the Tree of Light by leaving a message and making a small donation to help us help others. Every penny counts and goes directly to support our local causes.
If you are interested in joining the Worldwide fellowship of Rotarians, please email our Membership team at info@treeoflight.co.uk and we’ll get back to you.
The Tree of Light is the perfect way this Christmas, after such a difficult period, to remember a loved one, to wish someone good luck for the New Year or just to send a message out to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, whilst raising money for our local Gloucestershire charities
What does the Rotary Tree of Light mean to you…?
‘It’s like doing something for the person that is not there anymore’. It shows that they are not forgotten’.
‘It is like sharing a moment with them. Like sharing a memory of a time gone by’.
‘It is about saying you still love them. It helps me to feel they are still part of my Christmas’.
‘It says that I have not forgotten those who have been part of my life. It is a symbol of my love’.
Gloucester’s Spectacular Tree!
The Rotary Club of Gloucester’s 2025 Tree of Light is a spectacular tree taking pride of place in Kings Square Gloucester in the heart of the city centre. This is the 15th year of the Tree of Light and during that time your generous donations and sponsorship of over £100,000 have helped us support dozens of local charities. This year your support is more vital than ever and we hope you can donate and log your message.
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About the Tree
The Tree of Light website gives people the opportunity to display a message for family and friends or commemorate a loved one at Christmas time. You can sponsor a message to be shown here and by making this donation you are also raising valuable funds for our local charities.
Your support this year is more important than ever for local charities so make a donation and help us to help Gloucestershire causes.
This years Charities
Dedicate a Light to a Loved One
Remember a loved one this Christmas by donating and dedicating one of the 10,000 lights, on the spectacular Tree of Light, to them.
Send a message and Donate
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