Worcestershire-based Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust will launch its 6th year of recycling Christmas trees on 15th November. For a voluntary donation, your tree will be taken away by the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust’s team of volunteers to local recycling sites. The trees will then be chipped into mulch, scattered on pathways, used in animal enclosures at West Midlands Safari Park, or turned into biofuel.
Last year, the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust collected over 600 trees from around Herefordshire and Worcestershire in just three days, raising over £12,000 for local families facing childhood cancer.
Treecycling is good for the environment. In 2025, with each tree collected and recycled, the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust saved approximately 3,600kg of CO₂ from being released into the atmosphere – the equivalent of making 60,000 cups of tea!
Treecycling organiser and fundraiser for the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust, Kirsty Murray says, “This year, we are aiming to beat last year’s record of tree recycling. We have seen an unprecedented surge in demand for our services, reflecting both the growing number of children being diagnosed with cancer and the longer, more complex treatments they are facing.”
She continues, “Without campaigns like Treecycle and the generosity of the community, the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust simply wouldn’t be able to offer the services or fund the vital research that is needed right now to find kinder and more effective treatments for children with cancer in the future.”
If you would like to recycle your tree, you can check whether the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust can collect from your postcode and book your collection by visiting: www.just-helping.org.uk/register-tree
Volunteers are needed to support the scheme
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust is incredibly grateful to the dozens of local businesses and volunteers who donate vans and drivers during the collection period.
If you can volunteer your time, a van, or both for a day or more between the 10th and 13th January, please contact the team at [email protected] or call 01905 885777.