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Where your money goes

Your donation will make a very real difference to our work, and to the lives of the people that we help every day.

£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 the home.

£30 - Buys a slide sheet used by Marie Curie Nurses to move patients in bed.

£125 - Would pay for attendance at a Day Therapy unit for one day in a Marie Curie hospice.

£160 - Pays for a full shift for a Marie Curie Nurse in the patient's home.

£400 - Pays for Marie Curie Cancer Care's contribution to the cost of caring for an in-patient in a hospice for a day.

£650 - Pays for an occupational therapist for a week.

£800 - Supports a team of scientists for a day at the Marie Curie Research Institute.

£1,000 - Would buy a portable oxygen system that will relieve distressing symptoms wherever the patient happens to be, not confining them to a bed.

£3,000 - Would pay the drug bill for one week at a Marie Curie hospice.

£35,000 - Would pay for a Marie Curie Clinical Nurse Specialist for one year.

£62,000 - Will cover the average cost of running one of Marie Curie Cancer Care's ten hospices for one week.

£370,000 - Supports a complete group of scientists, inclusive of salaries, for one year at the Marie Curie Research Institute.

£617,000 - Will cover the cost of running Marie Curie Cancer Care's ten hospices for one week.