CHILDREN’S Hospice South West (CHSW) has received £3,902 from a family-run Christmas tree farm near Wellington.

The funds were raised by staff and customers at Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm during November and December last year.

Nick Hendy, from Middle Hill Farm in Langford Budville, said: “We’re over the moon that with the help of our customers we managed to collect £3,902 for CHSW. This is a fantastic amount of money. In 2018, we raised £3,662 for the charity, so we’re delighted we were able to exceed that figure in 2019.

“The money was raised by providing visitors to our Christmas tree farm and shop with hot chocolates, teas, coffees and mince pies in return for a donation to the charity. We were assisted with these efforts by volunteers from CHSW, who were a great help, so a thank you goes to them.

“However, without our customers’ on-going support this would not have been possible. A huge ‘thank you’ to each and every one of

you. We’re elated to have collected so much money.”

Laura Robertson, community fundraiser at CHSW, said: “We’d like to say thank you to the Hendy family and its generous customers for raising this amazing amount of money.

“It will be used to continue to provide care and respite for children with limiting conditions and their families from Somerset and across the South-West. We simply couldn’t do what we do without the support of our local community.”

Nick added: “We also donated, free of charge, three large freshly cut Christmas trees to Wellington, Wiveliscombe and Taunton town centres to help them celebrate the yuletide. As a business in the area, we understand how important it is to give something back to the people in the local area who support us.

“We have supplied a tree to Wellington for the past 13 years and trees to Taunton and Wiveliscombe for the past seven years.

We love to see our trees standing tall in each town centre and the joy they bring to families who are out and about doing their Christmas shopping.”

Lakes Christmas Tree Farm also donated a number of Christmas trees to charities in Somerset including St Margaret’s Hospice,

Brook Green Early Years, SeeAbility, Lodge Close Extra Care Home, Somerset Sight and Reminiscence Learning.