We are seeking a team of “elves with wheels” to help with our big Christmas tree collection in January.
Julia's House children’s hospice will be collecting and recycling real Christmas trees from homes across the county in the New Year. And we need lots of vans and helping hands to make the tree-mendous mission possible.
Claudia Hickin, Julia’s House Fundraiser, says, “Last year we collected around 650 Christmas trees and raised an incredible £9,250 in total across both Wiltshire and Dorset to support our care for seriously ill children and their families. This January we hope to collect even more, and we’d love to hear from any local businesses and individuals with vans who might be able to help us and help their local community at the same time.”
She adds, “We’re essentially seeking a team of elves with wheels, who are happy to be helpers and volunteer a few hours of their time for us after the Christmas season.”
We're looking for vans of all sizes to help for a minimum of three hours in Wiltshire and Dorset across our three collection days, between Sunday 8th and Tuesday 10th January. Volunteers are also needed to lift and load Christmas trees onto the vans.
Once collected from local homes, the trees will be recycled as chippings for use on local farms and community spaces.
This year’s Julia’s House Christmas tree collection in Wiltshire will take place in Devizes, Pewsey, Marlborough and other surrounding locations. Our Christmas tree collection in Dorset will take place in the areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne and Purbeck. Bookings will open our website from Monday 12th December.
All funds raised from the Christmas tree collection will help us to provide our lifeline of care for the most seriously ill children and their families in the local community.
The promotion of this year’s Julia’s House Christmas tree collection is kindly sponsored by Rubicon People Partnership. Established in 1982 with a recruitment approach of a consultancy rather than an agency, Rubicon provides permanent recruitment and temporary staffing solutions local to Dorset, Wiltshire and the surrounding areas.
If you would like to donate a van or volunteer your time, please get in touch with the Julia’s House team at treepickup@juliashouse.org or call 01380 562525.
