Julia’s House Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme is back for its 4th year in January.
The charity collected and recycled around 2,090 trees from last Christmas, raising £17,232 in donations from people whose trees were collected.
Helped by volunteers from local business and community groups, Julia’s House will be carrying out its Christmas tree collections between 9th and 11th January 2025 from homes across Dorset, in postcode areas BH1 through to BH23 and BH31.
The real trees will then be taken to Adventure Pirate in Lytchett Minster and ECO Sustainable Solutions in near Bournemouth Airport and recycled as chippings for use on local farms and community spaces.
For everyone signing up, there is the option to make a suggested donation of £10 to support the charity’s lifeline of care for local families – the charity receives no other income from this service, only donations from people who have had their tree collected.
Katie Thompson, from the fundraising team at Julia’s House, said, “It’s not always easy to dispose of your Christmas tree once the baubles have been taken down, so we’re happy to step in and help and in turn the public’s generosity is helping the families we support.
“A donation of £10 or £20 can help us buy arts and crafts materials for a fun creative play session or storybooks for a relaxing hospice sleepover for the children.”
And if you have a van or a truck and could spare a day or even a few hours on 9th, 10th or 11th January 2025, Julia’s House team would love to hear from you via katie.thompson@juliashouse.org.