Hundreds of Christmas trees recycled in Barnstaple for children’s hospice

Hundreds of Christmas trees were recycled in Barnstaple at the weekend, raising almost £3,000 for Children’s Hospice South West.

The charity joined forces with waste and recycling firm Biffa to collect 250 trees in the town on Friday and Saturday, in return for a donation in support of its Little Bridge House hospice in Fremington.

Ruth Morgan, CHSW North Devon area fundraiser, said: “There has been a fantastic response to our first ever ‘treecycle’ campaign and it’s been wonderful to turn so many old Christmas trees into much-need funds that will help make a huge difference to local children and families at the most difficult of times.

“Thank you to everyone who booked in a tree for collection – it is such an easy, green and charitable way to support Little Bridge House and we’d love to be able to roll out the service to more postcode areas in North Devon in the future.

“We’d also like to thank the team at Biffa for generously donating their time and vehicles to help us collect the trees – we are very grateful for their support.�