News Item: HAE EHA Supports Birmingham Hospice Charity Treecycling
Christmas tree recycling, or Treecycling, raises over £100,000 for Birmingham Hospice each year, by collecting and recycling over 5,000 used Christmas trees from supporters’ doorsteps across Birmingham and Solihull.
The hospice is making plans for Treecycling to return bigger and better than ever in 2026. Collections taking place on the weekend of 10th and 11th January and they are actively seeking volunteers; several members of the Hire Association’s team have stepped up!
There are numerous ways that volunteers can help:
Hire companies – if you have vehicles that you could use that would be a huge help, and save vital funds for the hospice. Otherwise, if you are happy to drive a rental van this can be arranged
HAE EHA’s volunteer effort is being coordinated by Learning & Development Officer Nikki Wyllie.
Nikki says: “Supporting Birmingham Hospice’s Treecycling campaign is a great opportunity for HAE EHA employees to contribute to an important local service. We’re proud to take part in this initiative as part of our Mental Health & Wellbeing strategy, bringing colleagues together to support the hospice’s essential work for individuals and families across the region.”
Birmingham Hospice exists to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life. Their vision is a future where everyone with a life-limiting illness will live and die with dignity and comfort. Their mission is to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
Focusing on four pillars: expanding community partnerships to shape future care, developing evidence to reduce inequalities, extending reach for personalised care, and ensuring sustainable growth of people and resources to maintain palliative expertise.
Their values; Kindness, Togetherness, Positivity, Openness, Respect, and Innovation, guide everything they do.
They are committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, can access end-of-life care.
The story begins in 1910 when Dr. Mary Darby Sturge founded the Taylor Memorial Home for female cancer patients, later moving to The Grange in Erdington. In 1979, Monica Pearce founded Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice, blending teaching, research, and compassionate care. Over the decades, both hospices grew with new inpatient units, day centres, bereavement support, and family facilities.
In 2011, John Taylor Hospice became a Community Interest Company, later a charity in 2018. In 2021, the two hospices merged to form The Hospice Charity Partnership, rebranding in 2023 as Birmingham Hospice to reflect its city-wide reach.
Recent achievements include an Outstanding CQC rating at Selly Park, an Excellence in Third Sector award, and Investors in Diversity silver status. Fundraising highlights, such as Treecycling, Bulls in the City, and the Harborne superstore relaunch, help sustain their mission and support projects like our Room to Care appeal, which successfully raised over £200,000 from public, company and foundations to support in the refurbishment of three patient rooms on IPU, offering dignity at the end of life.
Did you know? People do not just come to a hospice to die, many return home once their symptoms are under control.
Birmingham Hospice is proud to offer expert palliative and end of life care completely free of charge. However, each year, it needs to raise at least £7.2 million through fundraising activity, Charity of the Year partnerships, income from its shops and voluntary donations to cover the costs of running the charity. That’s £55,335 per day.
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