Christmas trees collected after the festive season will raise money to provide care for people in Dorset with a life-limiting illness.

Weldmar Hospicecare’s Christmas Treecycle scheme will see real trees collected between Saturday and Monday 7-9 January in return for a suggested minimum donation of £10 a tree.
Collections will be made from the Blandford, Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Gillingham, Dorchester, Beaminster, Bridport, Weymouth and Portland areas.
Trinity Street Christmas Trees is supporting the initiative by making the collections on Weldmar’s behalf, alongside Weldmar volunteers, and helping to dispose of the trees in an eco-friendly manner.

Fiona Hansford, who co-ordinates the project for Weldmar, said: “It is great to be able to offer the Christmas Treecycle for the people of Dorset again, and every donation for every tree collected means that we can continue to provide specialist care for adults in Dorset living with a life-limiting illness, and support for their loved ones.”

Tamzin Hyde, from Trinity Street Christmas Trees, said: “As a team we were able to collect over 900 trees during the last initiative, which raised more than £10,000 for the charity.”
Anyone who would like a tree collected can add their WhatThreeWords location when booking to make it easier for volunteers to find the address. To book a collection date and for more information visit the Weldmar Hospicecare website, www.weldmarhospicecare.org/trees.