Katie Griffiths and Sally-Anne Clarke of Shrubbery Dental with a tree
A campaign which saw volunteers recycle 2,040 Christmas trees has raised £33,659 for a hospice – doubling the total from its previous year.
Households across the county registered their real trees to be collected, in return for a donation to support St Richard’s Hospice.
More than 120 volunteers from 40 teams stepped out on Friday, January 10 to collect the trees before chipping them at various locations.
Jayne Sargeant, Hospice Fundraiser, said: “We have been blown away by the tremendous success of the campaign, which is now in its fourth year.
“It was wonderful to see all our dedicated volunteers come together to make the scheme possible and we are truly grateful to them for their time.
“Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors and volunteers – this year’s total is the most the campaign has ever raised for St Richard’s.
“The funds raised will help make such a big difference to the lives of those we care for – enabling us to be there for free to patients and loved ones when they need us most.”
The organisations which supported the campaign were: Paragon, ACW Trees, Worcestershire Countryside Centre, Fortis Property Care, Karndean Designflooring, Cotswold Drainage, Pershore College, White Logistics and Storage Ltd, P Denning Tree Surgeon, Leigh Sinton Christmas Trees, AJM Carpentry & Joinery, Warren’s Removals, St Peter’s Garden Centre, Nationwide Building Society, Instant Scenery, Parallel Lines, Christmas Decorators, Sanctuary Group, CMCA UK, Henson Plant Hire, Bespoke Bathrooms Ltd, arrangeMY, Walsh Construction, Open GI, Evesham Plant Hire, Alistair McMinn, Rock Power Connections, Spring Forward Landscaping, Churchfields Farm, Evesham Football Club, Bradfords Carpets and Beds, Rich Curzon and Ed Whiteman, Tewkesbury Van Sales, Tesco St Peter’s, Midwest Landscaping, Three Pears Tree Care, Shrubbery Dental, Jackson Family Funerals, Jonathan Cook Forestry, Droitwich and Gwillams Farm Shop, 10Ten Haulage, Travis Perkins, Startin Group Worcester, Malvern Hills Round Table, King’s School, Tricia Cavell and Rob Hill, and Pearwood Property Services.
St Richard’s is set to run the Christmas tree recycling campaign again in 2021. Details on how to register a tree for collection will be available later in the year.
To get involved with volunteering for the next campaign, please contact Jayne Sargeant, hospice fundraiser, on: [email protected].
[wonderplugin_carousel id=”297″]
For more information about St Richard’s Hospice, visit: www.strichards.org.uk.
St Richard’s Hospice cares for adults with a serious progressive illness, improving their quality of life from diagnosis, during treatment and to their last days. It also supports their loved ones.
Each year the hospice team supports more than 3,400 patients, family members and bereaved people in Worcestershire.
St Richard’s is an independent charity and relies on donations and gifts in Wills for the majority of its income with 22% funded by the NHS.
The hospice is also raising funds for the Build 2020 Appeal and is part way through developing a bigger hospice, enabling more patients and families to be cared for in Worcestershire. The total cost for expanding and redeveloping the existing building in Wildwood Drive, Worcester, is £5.3m.
