Marie Curie Cancer Care

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Friday, February 27, 2015
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Marie Curie Cancer Care
Show support
all year round
THE Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal will
be supported by Highland schools and
businesses as well as volunteer collectors
this March.
For example, staff from Orion Engineering
will be manning one of the Tesco daffodil
collections in Inverness.
Meanwhile, Marie Curie nurses will be
at the city’s Morrisons along with Millburn
Academy pupils, who are doing an all-day
bag pack on Thursday 5th March.
The Eastgate Centre in Inverness is once
again the venue for the annual Daffodil
weekend of music on Friday 6th and
Saturday 7th March. Performers this year
are Tain Royal Academy’s amazing ceilidh
band Gizzen Briggs, string quartet Animato,
Inverness Opera Company, local choir Just
Sing and regular supporters Inverness
Fiddlers and Performers UK.
As with previous years, Inverness will
light up ‘daffodil yellow’ for the month with
the castle, Town House, Ness Bridge and
cathedral all shinning bright to support
the campaign. Thurso Main Street is also
having a month of yellowness with all local
shops dressing their window displays in
daffodil yellow.
Of course people can show their support
for Marie Curie all year round and not
just in March. One of the ways to do this
is by taking part in the charity’s overseas
challenges.
Last year a group of eight Highland
businesswomen trekked the Sahara Desert
for Marie Curie. Their target was £16,000
but they raised an incredible £34,000
and had a life-changing experience in the
process.
“These challenges are an amazing way
to not only raised funds and awareness,
but to push personal, emotional and
physical boundaries,” said Vonnie Carson.
community fundraiser for Marie Curie in
north west Scotland,
“These women were way out of their
comfort zone and spend over a year
fundraising and training but I know they
truly appreciate the impact of their actions
and will always want to support Marie Curie
in the future.”
To enquire about trekking up Kilimanjaro
or through the Canadian Rockies, or cycling
from Nicaragua to Costa Rica to raise
money for Marie Curie Highland, call 01463
238328, email vonnie.carson@mariecurie.
org.uk or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk.
Charity needs daffodil volunteers
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MARIE Curie is appealing for people
in the Highlands to donate their time
to collect for the charity’s annual Great
Daffodil Appeal this March.
The charity needs volunteers to encourage people in the local community
to give a donation and wear a daffodil
pin. The money raised will help Marie
Curie Nurses care for people with a terminal illness in their own home so they
can spend more time with the people
they love.
“The Great Daffodil Appeal makes it
possible for Marie Curie Nurses to provide free hands-on care for people with
a terminal illness,” said Vonnie Carson,
community fundraiser for Marie Curie
in north west Scotland.
“Every March millions of people
across the UK show their support for our
work by simply giving a donation to wear
a daffodil pin. We need as many people
as possible to donate their time to help
us make sure everyone is wearing a daffodil pin, so we can continue providing
this vital care for local people.
“We have 40 collections throughout
the area and need in the region of 250
volunteers to make it happen.”
Morag Williams from Inverness volunteered her time as a collector last March.
“I collected for the Great Daffodil
Appeal for the first time last year and I
really felt like I was making a difference,”
she said. “So many people approach you
to tell you about the support they have
received from Marie Curie nurses and
the difference it made.
“It was a great feeling when I heard
how much was raised from my two hour
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Do your bit and buy a pin
MARIE Curie is the leading charity
providing care to people with any
terminal illness in their own homes
or in one of its nine hospices.
The charity is also a leader in research into the best ways of caring
for people with a terminal illness.
In addition, the charity advises on
end of life services and works to
ensure that the best possible care
and patient choice is at the heart
of commissioning end of life care
across the UK.
All Marie Curie services are
completely free of charge. Around
70 per cent of the charity’s income
comes from donations, with the
balance of funds coming from the
NHS.
The Great Daffodil Appeal is
Marie Curie’s biggest fundraising
campaign and encourages everyone to give a donation and wear
one of the charity’s daffodil pins
during March.
The appeal has raised £80.4 million since it first took place in 1986.
This money has enabled Marie
Curie to provide more free handson care and emotional support to
people with a terminal illness and
their families.
Daffodil pins will be available
from volunteer collectors, local
shops and supermarkets. For more
information call 0845 601 3107
(local rate) or visit www.mariecurie.
org.uk/daffodil
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stint and the impact it has. It is so nice to
know you are helping other people.”
But the Great Daffodil Appeal is not
just about fundraising, although that is
hugely important. It is also raising awareness of the service the charity provides in
the Highlands, which many people only
find out about once it is too late.
Last year the 35 Highland Marie Curie
Nurses provided nearly 20,000 hours of
care to 379 patients but more than 50
per cent of cancer deaths still occur in
hospital.
The Great Daffodil Appeal helps more
and more people remain at home to spend
their final few weeks or days, surrounded
by people and things they love. It costs
the charity just £20 to provide one hour
of care to a patient in their own home, so
every pound raised makes a real difference to what can be provided locally.
“Marie Curie provides high quality
nursing to give people with terminal cancer and illnesses the choice of dying at
home, supported by their families,” said
Vonnie. “What is important is that it is
completely free to the patient and family
and it is not just cancer, it is all terminal
illnesses.
“It is about choice, making sure we always put the patient first — the right care,
in the right place at the right time.”
Daffodil Collections are happening
across the Highlands — stretching from
Oban to Orkney and Nairn to Ullapool. To
volunteer to collect for Marie Curie and
support the Great Daffodil Appeal, call
Vonnie on 01463 238328 or visit www.
mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil
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Curie nurse contact your GP or District
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Help our nurses care for
people with terminal illnesses.
Donate and wear a daffodil
this March.
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