Our team of lovely volunteers will be collecting trees from 9am Friday 9th January, through to Monday 12th January. You don’t need to be home — just make sure your tree is clearly visible and easy to access from the front of your property.

Yes, please make sure all decorations, lights and stands are removed before collection.

Due to our Health and Safety policy, our volunteers cannot enter your property. Your tree must be left in a clear, unobstructed, and visible location on the boundary or path in front of your property.

Once collected, the trees are then chipped and recycled to be used on the grounds at our hospices in Prittlewell and Thundersley. More than £20,000 has been raised since we started our Christmas Tree Collection Service four years ago.

If you need to update your booking or have any questions, please email christmastree@havenshospices.org.uk

If your local council have collected your tree before our volunteers have reached you, please email christmastree@havenshospices.org.uk so that we can inform our volunteers. We are aware that the council may also be collecting real Christmas trees as part of their usual waste and recycling service, and this may overlap with our collections. Unfortunately we will not be able to offer refunds in this situation and we hope you will consider your booking fee as a donation to Havens Hospices.