Vale of Clwyd MP, Dr James Davies, joined forces with presenter and Strictly Come Dancing contestant, Anneka Rice, earlier this year to help Marie Curie provide care and support to more people living with a terminal illness.
James and Marie Curie Ambassador, Anneka, were pictured together with Marie Curie Rapid Response Healthcare Assistant, Lukmon Adeyemi, at the Parliamentary event in March to celebrate the launch of the Great Daffodil Appeal, Marie Curie’s biggest annual fundraising campaign.
James pledged his support to the Appeal and encouraging people in the Vale of Clwyd to donate and wear one of the charity’s daffodil pins to help fund vital care and support for people living with a terminal illness, and their families.
He said:
“Every five minutes, someone in the UK dies without getting the care and support they need at the end of their life and that is why I am supporting the Great Daffodil Appeal this March. Without your help, Marie Curie Nurses can’t give vital care to people living with a terminal illness and their families.”
Launched in 1986, the Appeal is crucial in raising much-needed funds to enable the charity to continue providing nursing and hospice care, a freephone support line and information for people living with any terminal illness such as terminal cancer, dementia, heart failure, and motor neurone disease.
Anneka said:
“I was thrown into a world of utter confusion and sadness when I had to care for two elderly parents, living separately but both with dementia. At the time I didn’t know who to reach out to as I knew nothing at all about the illness. At the time, I wish I’d known about the organisations that exist to help.”
To find out more about the Great Daffodil Appeal, visitwww.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil or call 0800 304 7025 for more information. To Donate £5 to Marie Curie, text DAFF to 70999.
