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TREECYCLE?
for Sue Ryder at Thorpe Hall
Local residents are being encouraged to recycle their real Christmas trees this festive season and help to raise vital funds for a local hospice.
Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice will run a Christmas Treecycling service in January 2022, in partnership with JustHelping and kindly supported by Nene Valley Tree Services and Safe Local Trades.
The green initiative will see people able to sign up and have their Christmas tree collected from their homes between Friday 7th and Monday 10th January 2022. It will cover those who live
in the PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE5, PE6 7, PE7 and PE8 postcodes.
A minimum donation of £10 is welcomed in return, which will help Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough to continue to offer its care and support to local people with life- limiting conditions and their loved ones.
Not only will it raise vital funds, but Treecycling offers a green solution to the problem of what to do with your tree after the Christmas festivities have ended.
After the Christmas trees have been collected from people’s homes, the team at Nene Valley Tree Services will chip them down into mulch.
This will then be donated to local deserving sites such as the grounds of Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice and donated to local farms, both reducing landfill and supporting local businesses too.
The team at Nene Valley Tree Services has been supporting Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice through Christmas Treecycling since 2018. Since then, the scheme has grown and raised more than £7,000 for local families needing care.
Andrew and Lucy from Nene Valley Tree Services said: “We are pleased to announce we are preparing to support Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice’s Treecycling project once again. Christmas trees that have served their purpose can often end up people’s back gardens for
months after the festive season is over – this is a green and practical solution which also raises vital funds for charity.
“Last year, because of the pandemic, we
sadly couldn’t offer the large collection service we wanted. However, we still managed to
raise £2,132 for the hospice thanks to all our wonderful customers, and some help from
good friends and fellow business owners - including some from Safe Local Trades. We
are determined to help make Treecycling in January 2022 bigger and better than ever before – make sure you don’t go anywhere else for your Christmas tree chipping!”
Joely Garner, Community Fundraising Manager at Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, added: “Each Treecyling donation will help
to ensure we can continue to be there when
it matters and fill people’s last days with love.
We are so grateful to everyone in the local community who has supported Treecycling
over the past four years. A special thank you to Andy, Lucy and the team at Nene Valley Tree Services – their tree-rific support helps to make Treecycling happen and we are blown away by their dedication to raise more and more funds for our compassionate care. A big thank you also to Safe Local Trades for their kind support.”
Please contact the team at Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice with any queries on 01733 225999 or thorpe.fundraising@sueryder.org You can find out more about Treecycling at www.sueryder.org/xmastreecycling
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