How your support helps Marie Curie Cancer Care

Special Care

This year we will care for around 25,000 terminally ill patients in their homes and in our Marie Curie Hospices.

By supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care, you make it possible for this special care to continue, giving even more families the choice and dignity they deserve.

What your money buys

The list below gives an indication of how a donation can help Marie Curie Cancer and how much is needed to fund our core services;

• £5 buys an activity pack for children visiting relatives in one of our 10 hospices;
• £20 pays for a Marie Curie Nurse for one hour in a patient's home;
• £125 would pay for attendance at a Day Therapy unit for one day in a Marie Curie hospice;
• £750 pays for a syringe driver;
• £2,400 will cover the cost of Marie Curie Cancer Care's nationwide nursing service for one hour;
• £7,000 is what we spend every hour of every day directly on our nursing, hospices and research.

How you can support Marie Curie Cancer Care

• As a nursery or primary school you can get your hands dirty with Mini Pots of Care or invite Henry Bear for a health awareness assembly;
• Secondary schools can organise their own event in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care;
• 6th forms, colleges and rags can join in the nationwide collections and megaraids throughout the year, run their own event or take part in a fundraising challenge;
• Youth groups and associations can get their hands dirty with Mini Pots of Care or Fields of Hope Kit Challenge, run their own event or invite Henry for a health awareness talk.