FRANCIS House Children’s Hospice might be gathering and recycling Christmas timber in partnership with nationwide charity JustHelping and St Ann’s Hospice.
Anyone residing in Manchester, Stockport, Trafford and Salford can register their Christmas tree for assortment up till midnight on January 7.
The timber will then be collected between Thursday, January 11 and Sunday, January 14 by a staff of volunteers and recycled at Wythenshawe Park the place the chippings might be utilized in native parks.
For the final ten years, JustHelping and St Ann’s Hospice have run the favored collections which final yr raised almost £65,000 for native charities from the gathering of 5,000 timber.
With the enlargement of the scheme into extra postcode areas, JustHelping invited Francis House Children’s Hospice to hitch the marketing campaign and the charity is hoping to profit from the donations made to gather the timber.
Kate Puć, fundraising officer at Francis House Children’s Hospice stated:
“We are delighted to be on board this year with the Christmas tree collection and thank JustHelping for asking us to be a part of this campaign. We are hoping plenty of our supporters will ask for their trees to be recycled and help to raise vital funding for their local children’s hospice.
“We support families from all the areas participating in the scheme. Every bit of support and every donation helps keep the doors of Francis House open. We are also reaching out to our supporters to help with the collections and for anyone with a van to come forward with offers of help.”
JustHelping helps volunteers, businesses and charities to contribute to their group and the surroundings. The nationwide Christmas tree assortment raises important funds for hospices and communities via the earnings raised from donations.
Tom Laverty, growth supervisor at JustHelping stated:
“JustHelping is delighted to welcome Francis House to the MCR Christmas Tree Collection. The event provides an easy and convenient way for people to donate to their local community and we are excited to be offering more households the opportunity to support both children and adult hospices in Greater Manchester.”
Based in Didsbury, Francis House supplies a home-from-home the place the households of youngsters with life-limiting situations obtain skilled care, help and friendship. Services embrace respite care, daycare, homecare, sibling help teams, end-of-life care and symptom management, and emotional help and bereavement help.
Kate stated:
“Register your tree before the 7th of January to make sure you secure your slot and enjoy your Christmas knowing that you won’t be queuing at the recycling centre to dispose of your tree in the New Year!”
Anyone wishing to seek out out extra in regards to the scheme or to e-book a set can go to: https://just-helping.org.uk/register-tree.
