Popular charity Christmas tree collection returns in January

The charity collection service is available for people living in postcodes MK1 to MK19, MK43, MK46, LU7 and NN12. To book a collection, residents need to visit the Willen Hospice website, and give a suggested donation of £12. Once the festivities are over and the decorations are down, anyone who has booked a collection just needs to leave their Christmas tree outside their property on Friday 3 January ready for it to be collected over the weekend. The trees will be given a second life as wood chip and used as mulch in the Hospice gardens, and on public land – so no plastic trees!

The Willen Hospice Tree Collection service has been running for a number of years now, and raises thousands for the Hospice.

Nikki Poole, Willen Hospice Community Fundraising and Events Manager, said “Our annual Christmas Tree Collection is one of our biggest fundraisers, helping to fund our specialist, compassionate care.

It’s any easy way to support the Hospice and takes the hassle out of having to dispose of your real Christmas Tree! It’s also a great weekend for the community, with volunteers and businesses coming together to collect Christmas Trees all over Milton Keynes, Towcester and into Leighton Buzzard. I would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to The Eye Place, Towcester for sponsoring our 2025 collection.”

Currently Willen Hospice only receives 15% of ongoing funding from the NHS, meaning they rely on the generosity of the local community to help raise £8.7million every year.

Book your collection here www.willen-hospice.org.uk/trees