Great Daffodil Appeal

We need to raise £13,000 every hour of every day to carry on our work. Marie Curie Nurses work day and night looking after patients who want to be cared for at home at the end of their lives.

Marie Curie Cancer Care is dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and other illnesses. Through our network of 2,000 Marie Curie nurses, we care for more than 31,000 patients each year but we need to raise over £13,000 every hour of every day to fund our work. Our symbol is the daffodil, the international symbol of hope. As a spring fl ower, the daffodil symbolizes emergence from the dark and diffi cult days of winter and gives hope for the future. Most people know us for the daffodil and one of the ways, among many, that people support our work is through the Great Daffodil Appeal, which runs throughout March each year.

It is pretty ‘Great’ actually: around 4 million daffodils are handed out each year and over 25,000 volunteers help run daffodil collections for us raising over £5 million! It costs around £180 to provide a full shift for a nurse to care for a terminally ill patient in their home. Supporting Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal means you are helping us fund the equivalent of over £1/4 million hours of Marie Curie nursing time each year.

There are lots of collections organised throughout Northamptonshire during the month of March and it may not be too late to volunteer an hour or two of your time to help at one of these, please call 01604 442315, Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm. Alternatively, you can donate to the appeal yourself or request a box of daffodils to place in your offi ce or local shop by visiting www.mariecurie.org.uk and following links to the “donate an hour” pages where you will fi nd all the information you need.

If you can’t help with the Great Daffodil Appeal this year there are many other ways you can help us raise the money we need by doing things such as joining a fundraising groups, holding sponsored tea parties or planting bulbs.

Check out www.mariecurie.org.uk for ideas and opportunities.

 

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Marie Curie Cancer Care