If you are looking for an eco-friendly way to dispose of your Christmas trees, Longfield Community Hospice can you help you out with their annual Christmas tree recycling collection service in partnership with charity JustHelping.
In return for a voluntary donation, Longfield charity’s team of volunteers will collect your trees from your home, at the end of the festive season, and take them to be chipped and recycled at recycling sites across Gloucestershire, including Painswick Rococo Garden, where they will be chipped into mulch and reused locally, making this the most eco-friendly way to dispose of your tree.
Hoping to collect and recycle more trees than ever this year, Longfield are aiming to raise more than £72,000, which could help fund over 1,300 hours of Hospice at Home care, wellbeing, bereavement and counselling services. This is a huge operation for Longfield and last year an army of volunteers collected as many as 3742 trees over four days from households throughout Gloucestershire.
The scheme is endorsed by Stroud District Council, and Gloucester City Council, (working with Ubico) is also supporting the scheme by providing two recycling sites.
To arrange collection of your tree, simply visit www.just-helping.org.uk/register-tree and enter your postcode, where you can make a voluntary donation to your local community hospice. Bookings can be made from 15 November until 7th January 2025
All money raised helps to fund the hospice’s vital work supporting patients, families and carers across Gloucestershire.
The fundraising team are also looking for volunteers, vans to collect Christmas trees, and tree chippers from Sunday 11th to Tuesday 14 January 2025. To volunteer either with your time, or if you have a van or chipper, then please contact the events team on 01483 886868 or email events@longfield.org.uk.
As Kirsty Murray – Longfield’s Fundraising Manager, says:
“This year we’re hoping to make this the best Christmas Tree Recycling Campaign ever and are so grateful to all those who are helping make this event happen. Please register your tree for collection – it’s a
convenient and charitable way of disposing of your tree sustainably and ensuring it doesn’t end up in landfill. This means no needles in your car and no trips to the tip. We can do all the hard work for you whilst at the same time you are supporting your local community hospice.”
“By getting involved with our campaign you are helping Longfield’s Hospice give free care and support, 365 days a year to patients, their family and carers in Gloucestershire. By giving a voluntary donation, you will be making an enormous difference locally.”
Cllr Chloe Turner, Chair of Stroud District Council Environment Committee added:
“I’m delighted that Stroud District Council is supporting this project once again, providing a useful service to residents while benefiting the brilliant work carried out by Longfield Hospice which has been chosen by SDC staff and councillors as our charity of the year.”
“One of the priorities in our Council Plan is Environment and Climate Change. We have pledged to reduce the quantity of resources discarded as waste and minimise its environmental impact across the district. The Longfield Christmas Tree Recycling Campaign will contribute to those aims so please register your tree for collection as a charitable way of disposing of your tree sustainably and ensuring it doesn’t end up in landfill.”
Find out more about our Winter Campaign and how your local hospice can help you or your family at www.longfield.org.uk
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