Date: Saturday 20th September 2025
Time:
Walk in Solidarity: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Together to Remember ceremony: 2:00pm – 2:30pm
Refreshments available: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Location:
Meeting point for Walk in Solidarity: Sheen Gate, Richmond Park, TW10 5HT
Meeting point for Together to Remember ceremony: Missing People memory tree, Palewell Park, London, SW14 8RE
Nearest parking:
Sheen Gate Carpark, SW14 7NY
Roehampton Gate Carpark, SW15 5JR
Nearest stations: Mortlake, Barnes
This annual event is a safe space for Remembering, so that families and friends can share memories or messages for or in memory of their loved ones.
We invite families and friends of missing people to join us for our Walk in Solidarity, as we walk together through beautiful Richmond Park in honour of those special people they are missing. There is the option to walk either 5km (1 lap) or 10km (2 laps) and staff will be present throughout to lead this.
After this, we gather for our Together to Remember ceremony. For this, we invite families to send us messages. We will then copy these onto special leaves that can be hung onto our Missing People Memory Tree. During the ceremony, we tie these messages from families to the tree as symbols of love, remembrance, and hope. It is a moment of solidarity for our whole community. Everyone is then invited to the nearby Palewell Common Café for complimentary refreshments.
We appreciate how complex and distressing each individual situation can be and staff are there to support you before, during and after the event. Families and friends are welcome to take part in the Walk in Solidarity, Together to Remember ceremony and refreshments reception, or attend whichever parts of the day they feel comfortable with.
The event is open to anyone, anywhere, who has or has had a missing loved one, including those who have been bereaved. Want to attend? Click here to sign-up. Sign-ups close on Monday 15th September.
For those that can’t be there in-person, the ceremony will be broadcasted live via Facebook Live. Whether you are joining us in-person or online, all families and friends are welcome to send a message to be tied to the tree. A coverage of the Together to Remember ceremony can be viewed live on Saturday 20th September from 2:00pm on our charity Facebook page or by clicking here. The ceremony recording will be available on our Facebook page in the days following the event.
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