Tuesday 3 December to Sunday 8 December 2024
St Thomas’s annual Christmas Tree Festival is an exciting opportunity for local organisations, individuals, charities, businesses and schools to create and exhibit Christmas trees and nativity scenes which reflect what is important for them as they look forward to celebrating Christmas. The Festival includes a daily programme of inspiring music provided by local community and school choirs, music groups and individual performers. Our Festival Café provides delicious home baked cakes and refreshments throughout the week. As a community event, the Festival is loved and enjoyed by people local to Salisbury and visitors from far and wide. For many it is the start of their Christmas celebrations.
This year the Festival will run from Tuesday 3rd December to Sunday 8th December.
Visiting the Festival is free but donations are welcome as visitors leave. Thanks to the generosity of visitors making donations, the generosity of our sponsors and the profits from the Festival Café, the church is able to donate equal sums to two benefiting charities, and the Church itself benefits from an equal sum towards its community work, maintenance and upkeep.
Benefiting Charities for the 2024 Christmas Tree Festival
We are excited that the local charities chosen as our beneficiaries for this year are:
Christians Against Poverty (CAP). CAP works in partnership with the local church to deliver debt help through local centres, supporting people of any or no faith to find their way out of poverty. Each debt centre relies on the funding raised from local churches, donations from individuals and one-off grants. Since Salisbury’s debt centre opened in 2014, 109 people have become debt free and 41 people have responded to Jesus’s gospel of love. Money raised during this year’s Festival will support continued service provision.
Morning Star Salisbury. This faith-based charity supports those of any or no faith who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, those wanting to be free from addiction and those who struggle with the storms of life, including mental health issues. Money raised during this year’s Festival will support Life Recovery Courses and key services delivered at the charity’s new Victoria Park Centre in Salisbury.
Entering a Tree or Nativity Scene in 2024
In 2024 the Festival will run from the Tuesday 3rd to Sunday 8th December. The application form for entering a tree or nativity scene will go live on-line through the St Thomas’s Church website on 1st September and will be available until 31st of October 2024 when entries will close. If all the available places are taken before 31st October the entry form will be taken off line sooner. A few hard copy entries will be made available in the Church if that is your preferred way to enter. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Contact us
Email: treefest@stthomassalisbury.co.uk
The Rector and congregation of St Thomas’s look forward to welcoming all exhibitors, musicians, singers and visitors to the 2024 Festival.
