Van drivers urged to lend hand to hospice

CALLING all van drivers ­- Dr Kershaw's Hospice needs your help with their annual Christmas Tree Collection Appeal.

The hospice will be collecting trees across the borough between Friday, January 13 and Sunday, January 15 and has partnered with registered charity Just Helping whose software provides route mapping when people book through the website to have their tree collected.

Anyone wanting to have their tree collected can make a donation then have their details added to a route map.

Oldham Council will treat the trees for use in the gardens at Dr Kershaw.

The hospice is appealing for companies with vans, lorries and trailers to help collect trees and drop them off at one of the recycling sites.

Anyone who can spare a van and two staff on just one of the three days, or throughout the whole of the weekend, should contact the charity by emailing fundraising@drkershawshospice.org.uk to register or calling 0161 624 9984.

To arrange for a Christmas tree to be collected, please visit charityxmastreecollection.com.