Charity, Eco & Environment | Posted on January 19th, 2024 | return to news
Christmas tree collection raises £18,000 for local hospice charity
More than £18,000 was raised in support of a vital local hospice charity by a Christmas tree collection service that recycled 1000 trees.
The annual Lewis-Manning Hospice Care Christmas Tree collection and recycling service was a huge collaboration of the local community and businesses.
A staggering £18,000 has been raised from the generous donations of local people who registered for their Christmas tree to be collected and recycled by the charity. This resulted in 6.5 tons of trees chipped by local businesses including Eco Sustainable Solutions and Upton Specialised Tree Services. Other local companies: JSR Tree Care Garden Maintenance and James Dean Garden Maintenance volunteered their time to support at the charity’s chipping hub held at Tower Park Leisure Complex. The chippings and mulch will be used in various community projects across the local area such as public parks and gardens, playgrounds and attractions.
Fundraising manager Vicki Gray said: “We are thrilled to have completed another successful year of tree collections and delighted to be able to continue this fantastic eco-friendly service to our local community. Our fantastic volunteers, without whom the campaign simply wouldn’t happen, collected over 1,000 trees across the BH1-BH23 area and thanks to the generosity of our loyal supporters, we have raised an incredible £18,000 for our charity. This phenomenal amount will ensure that our dedicated clinical team can continue to provide the extraordinary and vital care and support to our patients, as we move forward in to 2024, across East Dorset, Purbeck and West Hampshire.
“A special thanks to campaign sponsor, Katie Fox Estate Agents and campaign supporter, Care South and grateful thanks to all the local businesses and willing volunteers who got involved this year, from donating vans and people power, to providing space to chip trees. Our additional roll call of thanks goes to:
- Abacus Vehicle Hire
- Barratt Homes
- Cc Infrastructure
- Compton Acres
- Easy Storage
- Grapevine
- Hall and Woodhouse
- Head to Toe workwear
- Hill Osborne Accounting
- James Dean Garden Maintenance
- JSR Tree Care and Garden Maintenance
- Mauveworx
- McCarthy Stone
- Peter Harding Wealth Management
- Stewarts Garden Centres
- Tower Park Leisure Complex
- TM Solutions
- TPM Plumbing Merchants
- Tru Talent
- TWK Scaffolding
- Your Man with a Van – Andy Bellchambers
- And finally, Lewis-Manning staff and volunteers: Wil Suthers and Dave Colbert
“We are extremely grateful to all involved and look forward to the return of our successful service next Christmas.”
About Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is a charity providing extraordinary care to patients and their loved ones facing a life-limiting illness across East Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch, Purbeck and west Hampshire. The charity offers a range of free hospice care services aimed at helping people to live well through their illness, closer to home and at home. These include:
- Hospice at Home
- Day hospices, virtual and in person
- Creative arts & wellbeing support
- Lymphoedema clinics
- Breathlessness clinics
- Bereavement & family support
- Complementary therapy
- Education
Every year Lewis-Manning Hospice Care supports around 800 local people and develops new services, based on patient need and identified gaps in the area. This year your help is needed to raise £3.4m to continue providing important services in your community. Without these funds the charity could not exist.
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