The Christmas Tree Recycling Service has raised in excess of £100,000 for Hospice Isle of Man over the past eleven years.
Nearly 900 trees were collected this year through the service in mid January which raised over £15,400 raised for the charity.
This was from 11,460kg of trees being shredded and recycled.
Christmas Tree Scheme
The Christmas Tree Recycling Service is a partnership between Hospice Isle of Man, the Isle of Man Post Office, Tel’s Skips and Ballaneven Compost & Horticulture.
In exchange for a donation, the real Christmas trees are collected in Post Office vans by volunteers, taken to Tel’s where they are shredded, before ending up at Ballaneven to be turned into compost.
Some of which is kindly donated back to Hospice to be used in the gardens.
Vanessa Smith, Head of Income Generation at Hospice said: “The £100,000 raised in total through the scheme goes to show just how valuable this service is that we provide to the Island.
“We cannot thank our partners and volunteers enough for giving up their own time to support us with this initiative. Without them, we simply couldn’t do it.
“All of the money raised through our Christmas Tree Recycling Service goes towards supporting the work of everyone here at Hospice, helping our patients and their loved ones when they need it most, so thank you.”
Supporting Hospice
Lisa Duckworth, Chief Operating Officer of Isle of Man Post Office added, “We are incredibly proud to participate in this fantastic fundraising event, which unites numerous local businesses in support of Hospice Isle of Man.
“This is the largest corporate social responsibility event of the year for IOMPO, and we would like to extend our gratitude to everyone involved for their ongoing support.”
Hospice Isle of Man would like to thank everyone who has supported their service this year, and looks forward to watching the service grow even further.
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