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Society's Spring Fundraising Blooms £25,000
for Marie Curie
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THE Yorkshire Building Society have had
a successful spring fundraiser to help it near its fundraising target of £1
million for its:- 'Hour of Need' campaign, in aid of Marie Curie.
Yorkshire Building Society branches and customers around the country including
Southport's:- 'got behind the daffodil' in February 2016, raising
an impressive £25,000 in support of Marie Curie.
The money has been raised by selling the charity's iconic daffodil pin badges,
donating clothes for sale in Marie Curie shops after colleagues and customers
spring cleaned their wardrobes and holding Easter themed raffles. Every
£20 raised during the Society's Hour of Need campaign will help fund 1 hour of
Marie Curie nursing care. The Society is aiming to raise £1million by December
2016, which equates to funding 2 hours of care by a Marie Curie Nurse for every
hour of the campaign.
Sasha Pauley, charity partnership manager at Yorkshire Building Society, said:-
"We have been overwhelmed by the level of support people in our
communities across the UK have shown for the Hour of Need campaign. The money
raised in March will help provide 1,250 hours of nursing care for people living
with any terminal illness in their hour of need."
Jude Bridge, Executive Director of Marketing, Fundraising and Public Affairs at
Marie Curie, said:- "We're really grateful to Yorkshire Building Society
staff and customers who helped to support this year's Great Daffodil Appeal, as
part of the Society's Hour of Need campaign to raise £1million for Marie Curie.
Their amazing fundraising efforts throughout March will enable Marie Curie
Nurses to provide vital hands on care and support to people with a terminal
illness and their loved ones at a time when they need us the most."
The Society's Hour of Need campaign was launched in 2014 with the aim of raising
£500,000 by December 2016. Thanks to the strength of support this was reached a
year early with the current total standing at £870,000, the Society has now set
its sights on reaching £1million. |
