{"id":625290,"date":"2025-12-11T01:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/625290\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T01:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:40:23","slug":"claire-houses-brings-festive-cheer-to-people-in-liverpool-at-its-christmas-carol-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/625290\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire House&#8217;s brings festive cheer to people in Liverpool at its Christmas Carol Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool was sparkling with festive cheer this week as Claire House Children\u2019s Hospice welcomed supporters to its Christmas Carol Concert.<\/p>\n<p>Families, friends, supporters, volunteers and neighbours from across the city joined together for an evening filled with music and Christmas spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St John The Evangelist Church in Knotty Ash glowed with twinkling Christmas trees, as everyone enjoyed the festive sounds of Allerton Brass and the beautiful singing of the Liverpool Show Choir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talented musicians filled the church with traditional carols and uplifting Christmas favourites including Winter Wonderland, The Snowman (Walking in the Air) and Silent Night.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"230836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251209-www.fotopiaimages.com-4Z6A4646-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230836\"  \/>Credit: Fotopia Images<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"230837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251209-www.fotopiaimages.com-4Z6A4530-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230837\"  \/>Credit: Fotopia Images<\/p>\n<p>Between the music, guests paused to think about the seriously and terminally ill babies, children and young adults cared for by Claire House, with many saying it was a moving way to start the festive period.<\/p>\n<p>Among those giving a reading was bereaved mum Amanda McEgan, who was joined in the church by husband Paul. Their daughter Izzy was supported by the hospice after being diagnosed with cancer aged 19 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Carol Concert, organised by and in aid of Claire House, raised awareness and funds for the charity, which supports children and families across Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Handley, Events fundraiser at Claire House, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristmas is a time of festive fun and joy, and our first Christmas Carol Concert in Knotty Ash was all those things!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing the Liverpool community come together, singing side by side, was amazing. The support we receive at events like this helps us continue to be there for every child and family who desperately needs us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"230838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251209-www.fotopiaimages.com-4Z6A4602-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230838\"  \/>Credit: Fotopia Images<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"230840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CH-Carol-Concert_Amanda-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230840\"  \/>Credit: Fotopia Images<\/p>\n<p>Rachel added: \u201cThese events not only celebrate the festive season but also bring people together to shine a light on the vital support our hospice provides to families across Liverpool and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA huge thank you to our sponsors, Wealth at Work, and to everyone who joined us in the church, which is just down the road from our Liverpool site in West Derby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire House has a site on Liverpool\u2019s Honey\u2019s Green Lane, close to Alder Hey, offering counselling, groups and day care, alongside its full hospice in the Wirral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Claire House website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clairehouse.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>\nFind out what\u2019s happening across Liverpool this Christmas <a href=\"https:\/\/theguideliverpool.com\/category\/events\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.\u00a0<br \/>\nFrom the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit<a href=\"https:\/\/thenorthernguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenorthernguideuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool was sparkling with festive cheer this week as Claire House Children\u2019s Hospice welcomed supporters to its Christmas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,12450,35745,44540,2766,393,920,4884,179,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-625290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-charity","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-claire-house","12":"tag-culture","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-events","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-liverpool","17":"tag-music","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115698390901957857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}