Liverpudlians must wait to see if the Allerton Oak will be crowned the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year.
Controversial plans were approved by the council for the construction of 51 homes near Calderstones Park after a day of protests.
Liverpool-based charity, The Reader, is helping to help raise funds to assist the elderly.
Angry locals gathered to discuss their continued protest against the council’s planned sale of green space land in South Liverpool.
Around £380,000 of funding will be used to encourage young children to embrace reading and education.
Volunteers at a miniature railway in Calderstones Park fear that the site will be used for a housing development.