A hospice in Little Hulton has raised a whopping £56,000 from Christmas tree collections at the start of year.  

St Ann’s Hospice has been in partnership with JustHelping, a Manchester-based charity who facilitate a national Christmas Tree Collection across England and North Wales.

The long-awaited total of the money raised from the collections at the start of the year has been announced, with St Ann’s amassing £56,771.09 from the collection.

The collections that JustHelping run every year is completed by community volunteers, sponsors and donors and has been running for nine years.

 This year St Ann’s Hospice added 14 new postcode areas they can collect from in Salford, Trafford, Manchester and Stockport.

The tree collections were made possible through Amazon vans that were given to the team on loan to be used to collect the Christmas trees.

Lucy Leeming, fundraising manager at St Ann’s Hospice, said: “We’re delighted to have raised so much money from our collections this year.

“By collecting Christmas trees from more postcodes, we were able to recycle even more trees than before, and this has made such a difference to the amount raised.”

The Christmas trees were shredded into chippings at their destinations, Wythenshawe Park and Wardley Hall, which have been used on site for flower beds and pathways.

Tom Laverty, development manager at JustHelping, said: “We are absolutely thrilled with the success of the 2023 Christmas Tree Collection.

“This year we had a 50 per cent increase in the trees collected and recycled and are delighted to have been able to raise £56,771.09 for St Ann’s Hospice.

“We’ve raised a further £6,307.90 for fourteen other local charities and community groups across Greater Manchester.

“Thank you to all of the volunteers who supported the project through its entirety- without you none of this would be possible.”

To find out more about upcoming events to support St Ann’s Hospice, see their website here.