Tag: Marie Curie

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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Marie Curie launches new TV campaign for National Day of Reflection

Stuart Mitchell

Marie Curie is launching a new TV campaign, National Day of Reflection, to bring the nation together to remember those who died during the pandemic. The UK’s leading end of life charity is spearheading a National Day of Reflection on 23rd March, the anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown. Marie Curie together with over 100care organisations, charities, businesses, membership organisations, emergency services, public sector bodies and community groups are asking the nation to take a ‘minute to reflect and a moment to connect’, to remember, grieve for and celebrate the life of anyone who has died during…

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10 UK charities unite to launch online event, The Massive Get Together, in a bid to raise over £500,000

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time, 10 of the nation’s cherished charities are uniting to respond against the impact that COVID-19 is having on the charity sector by staging The Massive Get Together – an online charity event comprising of celebrity entertainment, performance, prize draws and lots of laughs, in a bid to raise £500,000. This special collaborative, relaxed, and fun variety event, the brainchild of one of the UK’s leading charities Volunteering Matters, will be hosted live from London by TV and radio presenters Gaby Roslin and Amanda Byram. “This year…

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