THERE is still time for Globe readers to pledge their support for this year's Light Up A Life campaign in aid of Wirral Hospice St Johns.

An estimated 10,000 lights will be switched on in the hospice gardens during a ceremony on Sunday, December 7.

Pressing the button will be 11-year-old Seren and seven-year-old Estelle Saul, whose mother Susan lost a courageous battle against an aggressive form of cancer.

The 41-year-old, from Pensby, was diagnosed in 2010 and given just six months to live. She died peacefully in October last year surrounded by family.

The ceremony - now in its 19th year - starts at 5.30pm.

Each of the lights will have been sponsored by Globe readers in memory of a loved one. The names of those remembered will feature in books of honour that will be on display in the hospice chapel.

Last year's campaign raised around £100,000 for hospice running costs.

A Facebook campaign Save Our Sue was launched in 2011 led by Susan's husband Marcus. It aimed to raise £45,000 for the treatment not available in this country but which could have saved, or prolonged, her life.

The treatment, chemo embolisation, involved injecting anti-cancer drugs directly into the blood vessel and was pioneered by German professor Thomas Vogl.

A series of fundraising events was organised to raise funds, including benefit nights, sponsored walks, and parachute jumps.

In a funeral message written just weeks before her death Susan thanked friends and family for their support over the years.

She said: "I want to express a real deep heart-felt gratitude for the amount of effort that was fuelled by love and concern to help me to live my life as long as possible and enable me to be as good a mother as I could and see my girls grow.

"The love from the fundraising that everyone did and continued to do really filled my heart with hope and I'm eternally grateful for that."

Hayley Gough, fundraising events manager for the hospice told the Globe: "It's 19 years since Wirral Hospice had its first Light Up A Life event, inviting our supporters to sponsor a light in the name of someone they love, which would shine out across Wirral over Christmas time.

"At this time we had just a few lights, but as the years have gone by we have had more people dedicate lights. We now have almost 10,000 lights that shine in memory."

To support this year’s appeal, call 0151 343 0778 or visit www.wirralhospice.org/light