Memorial Quilt
Summer Tour 2026
Carried across the country, so no one is forgotten
In the autumn of 2025, our charity brought twenty Memorial Quilts from around the UK together at the Houses of Parliament in London. This summer, we will bring all of these (and more) together for a five-seven venue Tour of the UK.
As the Memorial Quilt Exhibition in Parliament demonstrated, exhibiting all of the Quilts together is an extraordinarily powerful and moving expression of loss from suicide. The Squares on the physical Memorial Quilts, along with those on this website, represent more than 800 individuals lost to suicide. They help visitors appreciate the scale of the suicide loss that the country experiences every year, and the massive diversity of the families and friend groups that are impacted.
Please hover over and click on our tour dates for more information about the Memorial Quilts, the venues, and the shows at the tour locations.
1Birmingham
The Festival of Quilts, NEC
2Edinburgh
Waverley Station concourse
3Glasgow
Glasgow Central Station
4Southport
Southport Flower Show
5Cornwall
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
6Cornwall
The Eden Project
7Brighton
SHQA Quilt Show, Brighton Racecourse
8London
Consortium for Prevention of Suicide Conference, Lloyd’s of London
Hover or tap a stop to see the dates, then open its full details below.
Where to find us
Seven stops, six weeks — ending on World Suicide Prevention Day. Tap a location for opening times, how to find the quilts, and access details.
- Venue
- The Festival of Quilts — Europe’s largest quilt show, welcoming 22,000+ visitors to the NEC.
- Address
- Halls 7, 8 & 9, National Exhibition Centre, Marston Green, Birmingham, B40 1NT
- Opening times
- Thu 30 & Fri 31 Jul, Sat 1 Aug: 9:30am–5:30pm
Sun 2 Aug: 9:30am–4:00pm - Access
- Ticketed — show tickets from £24.20. No free access to the quilts.
- On display
- 8 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- Waverley Station — between the old town and Princes Street, shortly before the start of the Edinburgh International Festival.
- Address
- Main concourse, Waverley Station, Edinburgh
- Opening times
- Sat 1 – Sun 2 Aug: 8:00am–7:00pm daily
- Access
- Free — open to all whenever the display is present.
- On display
- 7 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- Glasgow Central — a stunning historic station and Scotland’s busiest, a little city of its own.
- Address
- Main concourse, Glasgow Central Station
- Opening times
- Sat 8 Aug: 8:00am–9:00pm
Sun 9 Aug: 8:00am–7:00pm - Access
- Free — open to all whenever the display is present.
- On display
- 10 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- Southport Flower Show — the UK’s biggest independent flower show, held in Victoria Park since 1924.
- Address
- Victoria Park, Southport, PR8 1RX
- Opening times
- Thu 20 – Sat 22 Aug: 10:00am–6:00pm
Sun 23 Aug: 10:00am–5:00pm - Access
- Ticketed — show tickets from £29.03. No free access to the quilts.
- On display
- 18 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- The Lost Gardens of Heligan — 200-acre magical garden, farmland, and wildlife estate.
- Address
- Pentewan, St. Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6EN
- Opening times
- Thu 27 – Sun 30 Aug: 10:00am–5:15pm (last entry 4:30pm)
Mon 31 Aug: 10:00am–3:00pm - Access
- Ticketed — site tickets from £25.20. No free access to the quilts.
- On display
- 11 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- The Eden Project — a beautiful global garden featuring massive covered Biomes and one of the world’s largest indoor rainforests, among other natural wonders.
- Address
- Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG
- Opening times
- Thu 27 – Sat 29 Aug: 9:30am–6:00pm (last entry 4:30pm)
Sun 30 Aug: 9:30am–4:30pm - Access
- Ticketed — site tickets from £31.06 (adults) and £10.94 (children 5–15). No free access to the quilts.
- On display
- 6 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- The SHQA Quilt Show — hosted by the UK’s largest quilting association, a vibrant community of extraordinary artistry.
- Address
- Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, BN2 9XZ
- Opening times
- Sat 5 & Sun 6 Sep: 10:00am–4:00pm
- Access
- Ticketed — show tickets from £8.50. No free access to the quilts.
- On display
- 15 Memorial Quilts
- Venue
- Consortium for Prevention of Suicide Conference at Lloyd’s of London.
- Address
- The Lloyd’s Building, One Lime Street, London, EC3M 7HA
- Programme
- Conference on World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), 12:30pm–7:30pm.
- Access
- By invitation only — no general public access to the quilts.NB The Tour organisers are still aiming to secure a venue that is accessible to the general public without restriction or charge.
- On display
- 12 Memorial Quilts
Become a Tour Partner
Help us carry every name a little further
The tour reaches tens of thousands of people at much-loved public events across the UK. By standing alongside us, your organisation helps turn quiet grief into open conversation and shows real leadership in suicide prevention.
Walk the whole journey with us
The most prominent presence at every location, for one to three partners from different industries.
- Top billing at all stops
- Logo on the Supporters page (to May 2027)
- Named across the social campaign
Support a stop close to home
Two or three local partner spaces at each venue, a meaningful way to support your own community.
- Birmingham & Southport · £2,000
- Edinburgh & Glasgow · £1,500
- Brighton · £1,000
Prefer a conversation first? We’d love that.
Contact Ashley on 07448 313817 or ashley@speaktheirname.org