Corporate volunteering with Just Helping
Corporate volunteering your team will actually enjoy
Join a local Christmas TreeCycle collection, give back to your community, and bring your team together for a day that’s practical, social, and genuinely rewarding.
Why get your organisation involved
The TreeCycle Appeal offers real benefits for your organisation, your team and your community. Funds raised support a wide range of local causes — including hospices, children’s charities, mental health services, food banks, community groups and more across the UK.
Boost team morale
Get your team out of the office, working together, and having a laugh while doing something genuinely meaningful. Lift the January blues and have fun!
Deliver real CSR impact
Support local charity fundraising while contributing to a nationwide environmental initiative.
Support causes your team cares about
Support local charities and causes close to your employees’ hearts, helping them feel personally connected to the impact.
Support your sustainability goals
Help reduce waste and contribute to a large-scale recycling initiative, preventing trees from going to landfill and creating measurable environmental impact.
Connect with your community
Work alongside local charities and make a visible difference in the communities your business operates in.
What to expect on the day
From briefing to wrap-up, we’ll make sure your team knows where to be, what to do, and how they can best support the day.
Step 1
Choose how your team gets involved
Whether your team wants to help on the ground, support logistics, or get involved in another practical role, we’ll help find the right fit.
Step 2
Arrive and get briefed
On the day, your team will get a full briefing so everyone knows what to expect. Safety is a priority, and PPE is typically provided where needed.
Step 3
Work together on the day
Teams might help with tree collections, stewarding, refreshments, site support, or other roles that keep the day running smoothly.
Step 4
Finish the day with visible impact
By the end of the day, your team will have supported local charity fundraising, reduced waste, and taken part in something practical, social, and worthwhile.
Ways your organisation can get involved
Whether you’re looking for a simple team volunteering day or something bigger, there are different ways to get involved depending on your goals, from joining a local collection to supporting the appeal at scale.
Start with a simple team volunteering day
Bring your team along to a local Christmas TreeCycle collection. It’s active, social, and a genuinely enjoyable way to give back, with no planning required.
🚚 Van crew
Help collect trees from homes using planned routes. Roles include driver, navigator, and loader.
🌲 Ground crew
Keep the site running smoothly by unloading vans, organising trees, and supporting the chipping process.
☕ Refreshments & support
Keep volunteers fuelled with hot drinks and snacks or support the smooth running of the day.
🚦 Stewards
Help manage traffic, guide vehicles, and make sure everything runs safely and smoothly.
On the day, your team will receive a full briefing with safety as a priority. PPE is typically provided, and there are always a range of roles available — so people can get involved in a way that suits their skills and comfort levels.
Take it further and create your own local impact
Running your own Christmas TreeCycle collection gives your organisation the opportunity to support local charities, engage your team, and deliver meaningful impact in your community.
Credera expanded from Leeds into Newcastle, supporting multiple local charities.
Credera is a great example of how organisations can take their involvement further. After launching their first collection in Leeds, they returned for a second successful year and expanded into Newcastle, supporting Children North East alongside CATCH Leeds and BARCA-Leeds.
Their team felt strongly aligned with the Just Helping mission and saw the appeal as a practical way to support CSR objectives, contribute to sustainability goals, and make a meaningful difference in communities close to their employees.
Why it worked for Credera
- 🌲 Expanded from one collection to two
- 🌲 Supported charities close to their teams
- 🌲 Delivered against CSR and sustainability goals
- 🌲 Created a team day people genuinely enjoyed
How it works
1. Choose your area
Select a postcode area your organisation can comfortably run a collection in.
2. Pick your charity
Choose the local charity or charities you want to support.
3. Plan the day
Organise volunteers, vehicles, chippers, and a suitable site.
4. Collect the trees
Use routes provided by Just Helping and send your teams out on the day.
“The second year of our Christmas Tree Recycling collection with Just Helping Charity is complete, and to widen our fundraising efforts, this year we launched our first collection in Newcastle ✨
I hope the 2026 team agree when I say there’s nothing better than getting your woolly hats on, getting mucked in and spending an impactful day with your colleagues (except, maybe, the pub lunch afterwards)!
Here’s to the next year of making a difference with our CSR time!”
Emily, Credera
Scale your impact across the UK
For organisations looking to support the appeal at scale, nationwide involvement can deliver significant charity, community, and environmental impact.
A national partnership in action
Kier has become a key corporate partner of Just Helping, helping scale the Big Christmas TreeCycle Appeal across the UK. Building on successful regional collections in East Anglia, Kier expanded their involvement nationally, providing both volunteers and resources to support collections across multiple locations.
Their commitment to sustainability and community impact is embedded in their approach, with teams across the business using volunteering days to actively support the campaign. Kier’s involvement supports local charities while also delivering real environmental impact by recycling thousands of Christmas trees into sustainable woodchip and reducing waste at scale.
Why it worked for Kier
- 🌲 Scaled support from regional collections to nationwide impact
- 🌲 Used volunteering days in a practical, visible way
- 🌲 Delivered against community and sustainability goals
- 🌲 Supported multiple local charities across the UK
Corporate partner
Kier teams supported collections across multiple regions, helping scale the appeal while delivering visible impact for charities and communities nationwide.
Kier’s 2026 impact
🤝 103 volunteers
across Kier Infrastructure and Kier Construction
🚚 50 vans
provided to support collections nationwide
🌲 38,497 trees
collected and recycled
💚 £819,895
raised for 24 local charities
Their contribution has helped drive the appeal’s wider national impact, which has raised over £1.85 million and recycled more than 89,000 Christmas trees.
“A huge thank-you to the 103 volunteers across 24 contracts… It truly is one of the highlights of my year to see what an incredible impact we can have when we all come together.”
Jess Dyer, Kier
Ready to get involved?
Let’s find the right volunteering option for your business
Whether you want to join a local collection, run your own, or support the appeal at scale, we’d love to help you explore the best fit.
Join a trusted, high-impact initiative that supports local charities, communities and the environment across the UK.