Tag: Marie Curie
Brain Game raises £140,000 for Marie Curie
The Edinburgh Brain Game held at Prestonfield on Thursday evening welcomed guests including panto star, Grant Stott, singer Clare Grogan, and Scotland’s Rugby Head Coach, Gregor Townsend, as well as people from the Edinburgh...
Midlothian MP backs the Great Daffodil Appeal
Owen Thompson MP for Midlothian met with actor Jane Horrocks to give his support to Marie Curie's annual Great Daffodil Appeal.
The event at Westminster was held to draw attention go the need for fundraising...
Youngsters urged to take part in a Penguin Parade for Marie Curie
Marie Curie is calling on young fundraisers this festive season to take part in a penguin parade to raise funds for families affected by terminal illness.
In the newly launched Penguin Parade young children are...
Former Marie Curie Nurse returns as new trustee
Maria McGill CBE is returning to her Marie Curie roots, 24 years after she started her leadership career with the end of life charity.
The former CHAS Chief Executive will join Marie Curie’s Board of...
Marie Curie’s Scottish Election Pledge
Marie Curie have published their Scottish Election Pledge ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary Election in May, demanding that palliative care is made a high priority in the next parliament.
The end of life charity is...
Great Big Daffodil will highlight charity appeal
The daffodil has come to symbolise the charity Marie Curie, and next week they will use a super-sized flower to mark the beginning of their annual appeal.
The Great Big Daffodil will visit the...
Balfour supports Marie Curie baking challenge
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian joined 150 people at a special event celebrating terminal illness charity Marie Curie’s 70th anniversary and the start of their latest fundraising venture last Wednesday at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.
MSPs, volunteers and...
Station is platform for Marie Curie campaign
Edinburgh’s Haymarket Station is a platform for Marie Curie to raise awareness of the work their nurses do in the community and to fund a local nurse at the charity’s Edinburgh hospice.
For the next...
Marie Curie need your help
Marie Curie is appealing for local volunteers to help manage the charity’s collection boxes in and around the Edinburgh area.
The local Marie Curie fundraising team are seeking Collection Box Co-ordinators to help look after...
Gordon begins his #Scottorock challenge
Follow Gordon's challenge via #ScottoRock and donate at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/gordon-smith57
New research into terminal care
Marie Curie and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (CSO) have announced the funding for two new research studies looking at care for people with terminal illnesses.
It is hoped that the studies, which are...
Marie Curie Plant a Garden of Light in Edinburgh
Over 2,100 handmade daffodils have been planted overnight at St Andrew Square Garden to make A Garden of Light celebrating the Great Daffodil Appeal .
The outdoor installation marks Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal taking place throughout...
Buy Dean Owens’ latest single to support Marie Curie
Dean Owens has written his newest single, recorded it with his band The Whisky Hearts and released it on iTunes to raise funds for Marie Curie's Great Daffodil Appeal which runs all the way through...
Marie Curie grateful for fundraising support
Charity thanks people in Edinburgh for supporting the Great Daffodil Appeal
Marie Curie Nurses offer their thanks to everyone in the area for helping to make the charity’s appeal a great success.
Since Marie Curie Cancer...
Marie Curie Hospice reopened in Edinburgh
The Marie Curie Cancer Care Edinburgh Hospice at Fairmilehead has been closed for six months for a makeover. Today it was officially reopened by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Alex Neil, MSP who marked...
Friends reach John O’Groats despite weather, punctures and bats!
Twelve days ago, The Edinburgh Reporter reported that five friends were raising money for the Marie Curie Hospice by cycling unsupported from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
Despite the atrocious weather conditions, the group, painter...
Friends undertake charity cycle for Marie Curie
Five friends who met when they did a charity bike ride through the Rocky Mountains in Canada have teamed up for another challenge by cycling unsupported from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
Fifty two year-old...
Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show
Edinburgh students are once again working hard to produce one of 'Europe's largest student run fashion shows' which has been hailed as 'one of the biggest events in the social calendar' by The List.
The Edinburgh Charity...
Bingo for Marie Curie Cancer Care!
Mecca Bingo in Edinburgh has smashed its fundraising target by raising more than £1,300 so far this year for its chosen charity, Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The Mecca Bingo club in Fountain Park beat its...
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