All are invited to attend the annual Sefton Holocaust Memorial Service.
This year’s event will take place on Sunday 25th January 2026 at Christ Church on Lord Street in Southport town centre PR8 1AA.
The service starts at 1.30pm.
The theme for 2026 is ‘Bridging Generations’.
It will take place in the presence of Merseyside Lord Lieutenant Peter Oliver, Mayor of Sefton Cllr June Burns, local MPs, Sefton councillors, UNISON, Sefton CVS and the Sefton Faith Forum, plus children and students from local schools and colleges.
Patrick Hurley will be the guest speaker.
This is an inter-faith service for all residents of Sefton and the surrounding areas, to commemorate the lives of those lost during the Nazi Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
Holocaust Memorial Day is a national day that takes place on 27th January.
It sees people around the world commemorate the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, and the millions more murdered under Nazi persecution. Prejudice still continues today within our communities and across the UK.
The Day also learns and commemorates where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is the charity established by the government to promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) in the UK.
It helps to protect the legacy of the Holocaust against denial and distortion, and shape a future built on empathy, understanding and respect.
Organisers bring the nation together to remember persecutions of the past and stand against hatred and prejudice in the present.
- To learn more about Holocaust Memorial Day please visit: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
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