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Dec 2022

Last Updated: 29/12/2022

Christmas tree disposal service provides vital funding for Ripon Walled Garden

by Tim Flanagan

| 29 Dec, 2022

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With the time to take down Christmas decorations fast approaching, people living in the Ripon area are being urged to support a local charity and help the environment.

Once again, Ripon Walled Garden, operated by the Ripon Community Link charity, is running its popular and environmentally friendly tree collection and disposal scheme to raise funds to support the delivery and development of the services it provides for adults with learning disabilities.

The charity's chief executive Victoria Ashley, said:

“Our Christmas fundraising campaigns are vital to the charity, every penny raised through our tree sales and tree collection service directly benefits local people with learning disabilities by helping to pay for staff costs and gas and electricity bills throughout the year to provide services, five days a week to over 55 individuals living with a learning disability.

"The monies raised from suggested donations for the tree collection and recycling service has never been more needed as we all feel the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

Ms Ashley, added:

"We are extremely proud to partner with Lightwater Quarries and Rudding Park Hotel who are both supporting the Tree Collection Campaign.

"In addition to volunteering to help us collect the Christmas Trees, Lightwater quarries over the last 3 years helped us purchase of a new minibus; supplied the concrete foundations for a new green house and a much needed toilet block, foundations and fundraising for a new classroom building as well as transform the look and feel of the charities main retail area, all of which ultimately help to provide much needed ongoing funds.

"Rudding Park has provided support in so many ways, on site, with events, teams helping us manage our woodland, providing golf sessions for our service users, and we are especially grateful for their donation of an overnight stay at Rudding Park as our Christmas Raffle prize which has helped us raise £2,430 this Christmas.“

Carolyn Sands, chair of the charity, pointed out:

“Ripon Walled Garden provides day care and learning opportunities for so many individuals and respite for their families."

People living within a five mile radius of Ripon Walled Garden's HG4 3HN postcode can book the service up until 5pm on Wednesday (January 4) via the Ripon Community Link website: www.riponcommunitylink.org or by calling 01765 609229.

The suggested donation is £7 for a tree up to 10 foot in height and £10 for a tree of 10 foot and above.

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