Francis House Children’s Hospice Opens Pop-Up Shop with 40 Unique Christmas Trees

Francis House Children’s Hospice is bringing the magic of Christmas to Quayside MediaCityUK with a pop-up shop filled with 40 unique Christmas trees.

The Festival of Christmas Trees, which opens on Saturday, October 28, features trees decorated by businesses, community groups, and individuals. Each tree is packed with vouchers, signed football shirts, hampers, and handmade gifts.

Visitors to the pop-up shop can bid on their favorite trees, with all proceeds going to support Francis House Children’s Hospice. The hospice provides respite care, homecare, end of life care, and a range of other services to the families of children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.

Among the participants this year are JP Goldman, Cardinal Global Logistics, Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, Morrisons, Uplift Knitters, LIFT-Financial, Amaranth, DLA Piper, and Lowbury Construction.

The event is sponsored by Towers Business Park and Quayside MediaCityUK.

“Anyone visiting the display is in for a real treat,” said Julie Williams, fundraising officer at Francis House. “With the help of our tree sponsors, there is something to tempt everyone to place a bid and be in with the chance of taking a truly unique tree home for Christmas.”

Bids can be placed on each tree for five weeks in the run-up to Christmas, either in store or online.

In addition to the Christmas trees, the pop-up shop also sells a range of Christmas decorations, gifts, and cards. Visitors can also enter a raffle to win a prize and take part in a lucky dip.

With some trees fetching hundreds of pounds each, it is hoped that the event will raise even more than the £25,000 in profit that was raised in 2022.

The pop-up shop is located on the first floor of Quayside MediaCityUK, formerly the Lowry Outlet, and is open from October 28 to December 3.