WIRRAL Hospice St John’s has launched its Christmas tree collection for 2024.
From Friday, January 12 2024, Hospice St John’s volunteers will pick up used real Christmas trees from outside people’s homes and businesses across the borough.
The hospice tree collection contributes to funding specialist care and support services as people make donations, relating to the size of their tree.
On the days of the collections around thirty vans will be sent around Wirral. One person will take the wheel and navigate a pre-planned postcode route, while one or two crew members, will pick up the tree from each address and load it onto the back of the van.
Once each van is fully loaded it’s driven to various pre-arranged temporary ‘drop-sites’ around Wirral to offload for chipping, then back on the road heading out for the next load. The chipped trees have further recycled uses, maybe in biofuel or even spread around at community farms and paddocks. Other small local charities also receive around ten per cent of the monies raised.
Elaine Connell, Wirral Hospice St John’s fundraising officer, said: “We’ve got our fingers crossed for another bumper year of Christmas tree collections, the generous donations make a huge difference to the lives of so many people in our Wirral community.
“A small army of people give up their valuable time and the use of their vans, year after year, to help with the used Christmas tree collections. It’s always a lot of fun for our hardy volunteers and we are so grateful to them and everyone who books a collection with us.”
Every Wirral postcode area is eligible to register and people can book from now, until 11.59pm on Sunday, January 7 to secure their collection of their real Christmas trees.
Postcodes covered by Wirral Hospice St John’s include CH41, CH42, CH43, CH44, CH45, CH46, CH47, CH48, CH49, CH60, CH61, CH62, CH63, CH64.
Suggested donations per tree:
£8.71 under 5 foot
£9.42 5-6 foot
£15.38 6-7 foot
£21.53 7-8 foot
£24.84 8 foot +
To register a tree for collection people can book online at www.wirralhospice.org/treecollection or call 0151 343 0778.
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