Recycle your Christmas tree sustainably with St Barnabas’ Tree-Cycle

St Barnabas’ Tree-Cycle fundraising initiative offers a simple, eco-friendly way for people across Lincolnshire to recycle their Christmas trees, while supporting local hospice care.

If you’ve made the eco-friendly decision to purchase a real Christmas tree this year, don’t forget to register your tree for a donation with St Barnabas, so it can be recycled or replanted sustainably in the new year.

For a suggested donation of £22, which could cover the cost of a St Barnabas staff nurse for one hour, the team will collect your tree, chip it and recycle it. At a time when the hospice is facing financial difficulties, this festive initiative raises crucial funds to support the provision of end-of-life care and support across Lincolnshire.

A team of wonderful volunteers and corporate supporters will be travelling across the county to collect pre-registered Christmas trees, between Wednesday 7^th – Monday 12^th January 2026.

Trees will be recycled using chippers across the county and potted trees will be replanted locally. The chippings produced can be used for biomass boilers, bedding for farmyard animals, for use in agricultural fertilisers, or they can be turned into mulch for gardens.

By booking your tree collection and leaving a donation, you’ll be helping St Barnabas provide exceptional care for people across Lincolnshire who are living with a life-limiting or terminal illness, like Angela.

When Angela was diagnosed with liver cancer, she felt “shocked and upset”. Now, she says the spiritual care and support she’s receiving at home from St Barnabas has been “brilliant”. Sonya, a Health and Rehabilitation Support Worker at St Barnabas, supports Angela as part of the Hospice at Home team, and is also able to provide additional support as a Spiritual Champion.

Angela said: “The support means a lot. It’s being able to offload what’s bothering me – sometimes it’s medical, sometimes it’s spiritual. It’s knowing that there’s somebody there that I could contact if I need them, and they’ve just been wonderful, amazing.

“It’s like coming out of the wilderness and into a safe place, in my own home. Sonya is kind and so thoughtful.”

From Lincoln to Louth, Gainsborough to Grantham and Skegness to Spalding, Hospice at Home nurses, like Sonya, are supporting people in the community 365 days a year – including Christmas.

Sonya said: “As a Spiritual Champion, I’m there to listen, to support, and to help and guide her with whatever she needs. If I can make that one person feel a tiny bit better, I’ve done my job.”

A donation of £42.50 could enable St Barnabas to fund a community nurse visit for one hour, bringing personalised care directly to a patient’s home, like Angela’s.

For more information about Hospice at Home services in your area, call 0300 020 0694 or visit: https://stbarnabashospice.co.uk/services/hospice-at-home/

Eleanor Fellows, Fundraising Officer at St Barnabas, said: “We want to say a huge thank you to all our volunteers and for the support we’re receiving from local businesses and communities. Donations to our Tree-cycle fundraising initiative will play a crucial role in supporting our hospice during an increasingly challenging financial time.

“We’re happy to collect multiple trees from households, businesses, hotels and more! We accept trees up to 6ft in height, so if you’d like to register a tree that is larger than this, we ask that you trim it down to 6ft or below, so it fits in our collection vehicles.

“To guarantee collection, we also ask that trees are left in a clearly visible location, either at the end of your drive or outside your door. We are unable to enter your property, back garden or shed so please make sure the tree is ready for collection.”

Registrations for Tree-cycle are now open and will close on Monday 5^th January or when bookings reach capacity. Visit the website to see the postcode areas covered and to book your tree collection: www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk/tree-cycle