Festival of Trees
Save the Children's Festival of Trees is an enchanting evening and a highlight of the winter social calendar.
Festival of Trees 2009
Royalty, rock stars and celebrities came together at the Natural History Museum to raise a phenomenal £425,000 for Save the Children's work.
Surrounded by glittering bespoke trees designed for the event, Bryan Ferry belted out classic songs like Let's Stick Together and Slave to Love, while HRH The Princess Royal and celebrities, including Helena Bonham Carter, Harry Enfield and Nancy Dell'Olio, dined under the famous dinosaur.
Throughout the evening, guests were invited to bid for bespoke trees and unique gifts, specially created and donated to raise money for our vital work around the world.
After watching a film of Save the Children's work in Ethiopia, Nathaniel Parker (BBC's Inspector Lynley) was inspired to make an impromptu plea for guests to collectively buy motorbikes to help deliver education resources to remote communities.
Festival of Trees film
Festival of Trees pictures
Guests at dinner enjoying the auction
The spectacular dinner under the dinosaur
HRH The Princess Royal and Chairman of the Festival of Trees Committee, Gordon Campbell Gray meeting the designer and sponsors of the Ethiopia tree
HRH The Princess Royal meeting Louis Barnett, chocolatier and designer of The Chokolit Tree
Children from the John Ruskin Primary School Choir
Nancy Dell'Olio with 'Tree of Idleness' by Tracy Emin
Guests enjoying the atmosphere in the champagne reception
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal meets children from the Sylvia Young Theatre School
Special trees by (l-r) Antik Batik, notonthehighstreet.com and My Little Pony
Gordon Campbell Gray with children from our education programme in Ethiopia
Since its beginnings Festival of Trees has raised over £4 million to support Save the Children's vital work with vulnerable children in the UK and around the world.
There are many ways to be involved with this spectacular event. Email festivaloftrees@savethechildren.org.uk for more information
Our thanks go to our Committee
- Mr Gordon Campbell Gray (Chair)
- Ms Gill Bruce
- Ms Nancy Dell'Olio
- Mrs Petra Ervanius
- Ms Tia Graham
- Ms Caroline Leach
- Ms Lorraine O'Brien
- Ms Annetta Troth
Contact the Festival of Trees
Lizzie Lleshi
0207 012 6942
l.lleshi@savethechildren.org.uk
