A couple from Wigan will be taking to the streets of Wigan and Bolton this Friday December 1st to collect donated artificial Christmas Trees from resident’s doorsteps in a bid to ensure every child has a tree in their homes this festive season. And there is a way all Brits can get involved!
The GIFTMAS TREE campaign was launched last week by the super influencers, who kicked off the project after one of their children mentioned someone at their school could not afford a tree this year. Martin and Bex, from Wigan, have over 6M followers on their social platforms, have taken action to try and ensure that ‘no child goes without the magic of Christmas in their homes’ by launching the Christmas Tree Exchange programme.
The project, which was dreamt up by the couple after hearing the news, is designed to cost nothing to people wanting to help, by easily passing on their existing unwanted trees to those who are in need in their local area, and are kickstarting proceedings by driving a Giftmas Tree Collection Van donated by Westwood Motoring Group around Wigan & Bolton picking up any trees packaged up and left outside residential properties labelled with their special Giftmas Tree logo.
The couple also got permission from giant site Gumtree. People can donate by signing up and posting items free of charge on the site, which has regional search terms. By using the logo, anyone in the UK can search and find their closest Giftmas Tree.
Martin said: “We were made very aware of how difficult Christmas is going to be for some people this year, and whilst there are lots of amazing food and gift donation programmes around (which will be a massive help to all in need) we also know how important the magic of Christmas is. A Christmas tree is king in creating atmosphere and spreading a little sparkle in peoples’ homes during the season.”
Credit: Bex captures Martin discovering their two spare trees
“We found two artificial trees in our loft which won’t be used and thought, how can we make sure that people who need it get them? We’ve got two very easy ways to donate and one of them is to bag up / box up your donated tree and leave it on your doorstep / outside your house in Wigan / Bolton with our easily recognisable Giftmas Tree logo attached to it on Friday morning – we will pick it up and ensure it gets to people that need one this season in the local area.”
Credit: The couple have created a logo to make it quick and easy to identify a GIFTMAS TREE on the site
Bex continued: “We want to spread the word and ask anyone with a spare tree – perhaps you might be buying a real one this year or have bought a bigger one this year – to put their unwanted trees on the site so we can help those who have no decorations in their homes feel more festive.”
If you want to donate your own GIFTMAS TREE you can grab the logo from Martin & Bex’s Instagram account or from this article and leave a tree on your doorstep this Friday morning for collection in the Wigan & Bolton area.
