Registration is now open and will close at midnight on Monday 5 January 2026!

We’ll be collecting trees from Friday 9 January until Sunday 11 January in the following postcodes: BA1, BA2, BA3, BA4, BA11, BA12, BA13, BA14, BA15, SN11, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN15, SN16, BS31, BS39 & BS40

Turning your Christmas trees into care for the community

In partnership with national charity Just Helping, our Christmas Tree Collection is back for 2026.

The Dorothy House Christmas Tree Collection has been running since 2017, and since the very first collection we have collected 32,500 trees and raised over half a million pounds. All the generous donations received from the collection support the vital work of Dorothy House, enabling us to continue to support people and their families when it matters most.

Donating your tree is a win-win situation!

Your tree is collected from your doorstep

This means you can avoid getting pine needles in the car, and save time and fuel costs by not queueing at the tip.

It's run by our incredible volunteers!

We galvanise our incredible team of volunteers who give up their time and lend their vehicles to collect trees. They really are amazing and we couldn’t do it without them!

Your tree is responsibly recycled

Every tree is responsibly recycled, saving tons of carbon from our atmosphere! Fun Fact: A 2 metre real Christmas tree with no roots has a carbon footprint of 16kg CO2e if it ends up in landfill. We collected over 5,900 trees in January 2025…that’s a lot of carbon reduction!

Supporting agricultural spaces and parks across the community

We partner with wood chipping companies who donate their equipment and time to chip the trees. Wood chippings are used over agricultural spaces, gardens and public parks across our wonderful community. Some trees do get used as shelter and layering for farming animals too.

 

Positive environmental impact

In 2024 and 2025, we used our chippings to create pathways for our brand new nature trail, as well as mulch for the ground around our firefly installation. Wood chippings often suppress weeds and reduces the need for weed killer.

Your donation supports our care delivery

Finally, all the generous donations received support the vital work of Dorothy House, enabling us to continue to support patients and their families.

Volunteers needed!

We’re on the hunt for a team of volunteers to support our Christmas Tree Collection happening on the 9, 10 and 11 January 2026. Whether you can give a few hours or multiple days, have a van or not, we need you! In January 2025 we collected almost 6,000 trees and so every volunteer makes a huge difference! We will do all we can to match you to days and locations that suit you, and will be in touch with more details soon.

Sign up to volunteer

What your donation means

A donation of £20

could fund an hour long visit by
a Clinical Support Assistant to a patient’s home, to offer basic support, therapeutic care and guidance around making decisions at the very end of their life.

A donation of £33

could fund an hour-long session with one of our specialist Physiotherapists, using exercise and rehabilitation therapy to improve mobility and manage symptoms such as fatigue, pain and breathlessness.

A donation of £78

could fund an expert counsellor to
run a support group session for young adults with a life-limiting illness, helping them feel less alone.

We’re excited to announce our Christmas Tree Collection charity partner, Just Helping, can now accept donations via Stripe, which means you can donate via Apple and Google pay this year. Donations via PayPal are still accepted.