OVER 50 local and national charities will benefit from the 2014 Christmas Tree Festival at the Minster Church in Ilminster on December 8-12 from 9am to 5pm and December 13 from 9am to 4pm.

The festival has 55 individual decorated trees and admission is free.

There will also be a Christmas fair at the church on December 13 from 10am to 12.30pm with cakes, books, DVDs, a raffle and much more