Tag: Marie Curie

Marie Curie announces £500,000 “care close to home” research funding

Stuart Mitchell

Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity, is today announcing funding to support research into improving palliative and end of life care in the community, including out-of-hours provision. The fund comes at a time when national health policy is increasingly focused on moving care out of hospital and into the community, with a growing emphasis on supporting more people to receive end of life care in the place they call home. The charity’s new research grants scheme, themed ‘Care close to home, in and out of hours’ will…

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‘From Me To You’: Paul Chuckle MBE Embarks On ‘Thank You’ Tour of the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity, has announced that ambassador Paul Chuckle MBE is embarking on a ‘Thank you’ tour of the UK to celebrate 40 years of the Great Daffodil Appeal. Between 3rd-11th March, Paul will be travelling from John O’Groats to Land’s End, stopping to meet fans and Marie Curie supporters and staff. Along the way, he will be joining charity collections and meeting special guests with the ‘Daff bike’, a Marie Curie-branded ‘Chuckle bike’, as he aims to raise £40,000 for the charity’s flagship…

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Paint it yellow: Morrisons turns one in four supermarket items yellow to raise money for Marie Curie

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has turned one in four supermarket items yellow to raise awareness of the fact that a quarter of people in the UK die without receiving the end of life care they need. To celebrate the launch, the Morrisons Croydon store has brightened up its baskets, trolleys, café chairs and even car parking spaces in daffodil yellow to launch its ‘Every Pack Gives Back’ initiative, which will see donations made to Marie Curie for every promotional product purchased by customers. The initiative forms part of Morrisons commitment to raise £15…

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Superdrug teams up with Pennies to raise funds for Marie Curie

Stuart Mitchell

Market leading Health and Beauty Retailer, Superdrug has partnered with fintech charity, Pennies, to offer customers a chance to give to charity when paying by card for their beauty essentials. Superdrug customers shopping in store can now top-up on their purchases to support Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity. The charity provides expert hospice care at home, in their hospices and over the phone – ensuring people get the care and support they urgently need at the end of their lives. Just 2 minutes of micro-donations from…

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The Rough Guide to the End of Life created as 20 million have ‘no idea’ about end of life care

Stuart Mitchell

New polling out recently reveals that around 20 million / over a third (38 per cent) adults agree[1] they do not know what end of life support and services are currently available in the UK, with half (50 per cent)[2] admitting they have given little thought to planning ahead if they were to receive a terminal diagnosis. In response, Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity with a 75-year history, has partnered with Rough Guides to create the first ever UK ‘guidebook’ to end of life. The Rough…

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