Sue Ryder launches ‘tree-mendous’ Christmas Treecycling scheme for Gloucestershire residents

National healthcare and bereavement charity Sue Ryder is encouraging Gloucestershire residents to make their ‘white Christmas’ a green one this year by recycling their real Christmas tree.

Whether you are out of time, transport or energy to dispose of your Christmas tree, by signing up to Sue Ryder’s Christmas Treecycling initiative residents can focus on putting the tinsel away while Sue Ryder’s fir-tastic volunteers collect your tree from your front door, front garden or driveway.

Real Christmas trees are 100% recyclable and can be turned into compost or wood chippings that can be spread over local parks or woodlands or turned into biofuel, so residents who choose the green scheme will not only be supporting Sue Ryder but will also be helping reduce landfill.

Sue Ryder’s team of volunteers will be ‘branching out’ to households in the GL2 0, GL2 8, GL2 9, GL3 1, GL3 2, GL20 5, GL20 6, GL20 7, GL20 8, GL50, GL51, GL52, GL53, GL54 1, GL54 2, GL54 4, GL54 5, GL55 6, GL56 0 postcodes and will be collecting trees between 13-17 January 2025.

Last year Sue Ryder provided palliative care to thousands of families across the country, including those supported out of Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice in Gloucestershire. Sue Ryder's bereavement support includes an online community forum, free bereavement counselling service, personalised text support and Grief Kind Spaces in Gloucester and Cheltenham. 

Alysia Cameron-Price, Community Fundraising Manager at Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice, has shared what a difference Christmas Treecycling makes to Sue Ryder.
Alysia said: “Last year our Christmas Treecycling service across the UK kept 7,199 trees out of landfill, helping to reduce the impact on the environment. The initiative also raised over £119,000 for Sue Ryder – enough to fund over 4,000 hours of expert and compassionate palliative care from our nurses, so that fewer patients need face death alone.  

“By choosing to recycle your real tree with an optional donation to Sue Ryder, your Christmas tree could become the gift of expert care and support for seriously ill people and their loved ones. 
“We’re encouraging Gloucestershire residents to this year make the tree-mendous choice of an optional donation when you register for our Sue Ryder Christmas Treecycling service this year, so that no one need die or grieve alone.”

To book the eco-friendly initiative, supported by Greenway Tree Care and Landscaping and JB Event Hire, before midnight on 8 January 2025, visit www.sueryder.org/treeglos.

Contact the fundraising team at Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice with any queries on 01242 246 270 or email: leckhampton.fundraising@sueryder.org

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