Santa Watch 2025

THE man in Red was spotted again a few times on our:- SantaWatch SantaCam, on Christmas Eve. We ran a special report on our Mersey Bites News Feed, in which he said he would try to visit our live Christmas Eve webcam. He also said he would visit other webcams featured on the website:- emailSanta.com, who we had partnered up with again this year. We would like to say a very big thank you to him for taking the time to let the webcam pick his hat up on the camera.  Sadly, we are not able to properly show him entering as he moved to fast due to time dilation, but if you look close at the shots on this page you can make out the red blur of him near the chimney. Also on our EarthCam feed, someone managed to capture his what we think was his hand waving at the camera, very fast.... We are uploading a speeded up copy of the footage we captured over Christmas Eve to our YouTube Channel, so if you missed him, you can watch out for him on our video... Did you see Father Christmas on Christmas Eve? If you did, please let us know by emailing our Newsroom at:- News24@SouthportReporter.Com or send us a message on:- Mastodon, Facebook, or Twitter....

Southport and Formby area Christmas Tree Collection and Recycling Service 2026

HELP the environment and also local charity Queenscourt Hospice in the process, as a team of volunteers will be out and about collecting your Christmas Trees between:- Friday, 9 January 2026 to Sunday, 11 January 2026.

By participating in the Queenscourt Hospice Christmas Tree Collection and Recycling Service, you will be helping to make a huge difference! Last year, the Hospice collected over 1,700 trees and raised over £26,000. The all the Real Christmas Trees that are collected by the wonderful volunteers; who all donate their time, vehicles, and petrol; are then dropped off at one of our chipping sites. The chipped trees are then repurposed for:- biofuel, natural habitats for animals, safer ground for children in local parks, and various other environmentally friendly and sustainable projects.

This year, they aim to raise even more to help Team Queenscourt continue providing exceptional compassionate care for local people with life limiting illnesses when they need us most.

Suggested Donations and Impact:-

• £11 - Provides Bath Towels for our patients on the In-patient Unit.
  

• £22 - Contributes towards a home cooked meal for patients on our In Patient Unit.
  

• £33 - Helps provide specialist books for children going through bereavement.
  

• £55 - Supports a Physiotherapy Session to help ease discomfort.
  

• £125 - Could contribute towards the cost of a Nurse's shift on our In Patient Unit.

Registration is open now! If you live in 1 of the following postcodes, we will collect your tree:-

Postcodes:- PR8, PR9, PR4, PR6, L37, L39, L40, WN8.

Register online at:- QueensCourt.Org.UK.

If you have a van or access to a van and would like to help with our collection, we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at:- FundRaising@QueensCourt.Org.UK, or call:- 01704517420.

A spokesperson said:- "Thank you in advance for supporting Queenscourt Hospice and helping us make a difference in our community. We wish all of you a very happy and productive new year."