Overview

• The concert “A Celebration of Zoe’s Place” at M&S Bank Arena on July 17 introduced the hospice’s new name, Little Lights – Liverpool Baby Hospice, and unveiled a mascot selected from public submissions.
• Performances by Ian McCulloch, Jamie Webster, Lightning Seeds and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated Liverpool’s musical heritage and thanked the community for its support.
• Ticket sales and donations at the event secured essential funding for the hospice’s relocation into a purpose-built West Derby home scheduled to open later this summer.
• Little Lights will transition to local governance this summer, continuing to provide specialist respite, palliative and bereavement care for babies and young children with life-limiting conditions.
• The rebranding caps a grassroots campaign that raised over £6 million in 2024 to save the hospice from closure and underpin its long-term sustainability.