Salisbury Hospice Charity are delighted to announce that all previous records have been broken with this year’s Christmas Tree Collection & Recycling initiative – raising £30,000! 1500 trees were collected over 3 days, with 33 vehicles collecting across the region.
The initiative is a huge community effort which involved the support of MANY volunteers including those from local businesses. They have kindly dedicated their time, staff and resources in support of the Hospice; many of whom have been touched by the Hospice themselves.
The money raised from the collection supports Salisbury Hospice – allowing patients to have dignity and choice in their final days; providing support to families, carers and friends, and ensuring that comfort and advice is given at every stage of the dying process.
Every year, Salisbury Hospice cares for up to 1,000 people living with life-limiting illnesses and its services are free of charge to everyone who uses them. Annually, Salisbury Hospice Charity needs to raise £1.5 million – of the £2.9 million needed – to maintain the vital palliative care services at the Hospice.
This year, Salisbury Hospice Charity will be donating 10% of profits raised to The Salisbury & South Wilts Scouts. In addition, the collection also helps the environment through giving the trees as food for alpacas and goats, or chipping them thanks to the efforts of several local tree services. Chippings are then used as mulch or reinforcement of footpaths across local farms.
The Charity is extremely grateful to everyone who registered their tree, and would like to extend their gratitude to the kind sponsor Step Associates.
Salisbury Hospice Charity would also like to offer special thanks to: Linden Van Hire, Britz Fish & Chips, Tesco Extra Salisbury, Pizza Hut, Ockenden Tree Services, Mark Walsh Tree Services, Stump Grinders Tree Specialist, Salisbury & District Young Farmers Club, Serve On, Rose Farm Hurdcott, Newbourne Farm Composting, Barefoot Barns, Nationwide Building Society, Breeze Environmental, Neil & Nick Smith Builder, Donald & Sarah Capewell, Milestone Infrastructure, Clearite, ASG Landscaping, Wessex Timber Windows, Guyatts of Salisbury, Doccombe Global Logistics, Salisbury Plain 4×4 Wiltshire Byways and Amazon and of course all their wonderful community volunteers.
