Pick up a daffodil-inspired treat for Marie Curie nurses

Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal, supported by Yellow Pages, takes place in March. To celebrate, a range of daffodil-inspired products have been created especially for the charity.
Every donation will give people the choice of free specialist nursing care in their own homes. For more information please visit mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil

Great Daffodil Appeal accessories

* Yellow and black daffodil wellies – two designs; one with a vine motif – £12.50 a pair in ladies’ sizes 3-8; the second with a daffodil only design – £12.50 a pair in ladies’ sizes 3-8, and children’s sizes, £6.50 a pair
* Umbrella in a yellow and black daffodil design with waterproof bag – £4.50

All proceeds will go directly to Marie Curie Cancer Care. The products are available now to buy in Marie Curie Cancer Care Shops across the UK, by phone and online. Visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/shop or call 01793 582500 for details of your nearest shop.

Daffodil bath time

* Daffodil Bath Fizz Bombs – handmade from natural products, these make for a luxurious bath time and will leave your skin wonderfully perfumed. Each pack contains two bath fizz bombs individually wrapped in biodegradable cellophane. Available for £3.50, Littlecote Soap Co will donate £1 to Marie Curie Cancer Care throughout March. To order, visit littlecotesoap.co.uk or call 01525 240927.

Great Daffodil Appeal blooms

* Fresh daffodils – in celebration of choosing Marie Curie Cancer Care as its Charity of the Year for 2008, Tesco is donating 5p from the sale of every bunch of Speciality Daffodils (£1.99 each) until the end of April.

* Box of Cornish daffodils - hand-picked and packed fresh from the Fentongollan farm field, Marie Curie Cancer Care will receive £1 from the sale of every box (£16.45 including P&P). Each daffodil box contains six different varieties, delivered in bud to ensure maximum vase life. Also enclosed is a complimentary gift card inscribed with your own personal message. Fentongollan daffodils are available until mid-April. Orders can be placed on 01872 520209, or made through flowerfarm.co.uk

Mother’s Day Gift

Give the perfect Mother’s Day present - a Candis gift subscription that comes with a bouquet of flowers worth around £20. That’s 12 issues of Candis magazine and the flowers for just £35.

Not only will you be giving a great magazine you’ll also be helping the Marie Curie Cancer Care who to date have received nearly £4.5 million from Candis Club. And remember, as a member of Candis Club, your mum will have access to a whole wealth of exclusive offers and services at discount prices that she’ll be able to enjoy long after Mother’s Day.

Simply phone Candis Customer Care on 0844 545 8100 quoting MCMW, or subscribe online here quoting MCMW as the order code, and the flowers will arrive in time for Mother’s Day on 2 March. Please note this offer closes 27 February 2008.

Every issue of Candis magazine contains heart-warming stories about the care and research that Candis Club members are helping to make possible. From 2004 we are proud to have been able to:
* fund nursing for terminally-ill cancer patients across the UK, giving them the choice of dying at home, supported by their families
* fund the opening of the Candis laboratory at the Marie Curie Research Institute. This research team, headed by Dr Thomas Oelgeschläger, continues to conduct vital investigations into the transcription of genes
* support 10 Marie Curie hospices, which actively promote quality of life for people with cancer and provide support for their families, completely free
support hospice chefs, enabling them to cook individual, highly tailored and nutritious meals for patients
* fund bereavement support for patients' loved ones at Marie Curie hospices
* fund a project to provide Marie curie's expert hospice services at local hospitals in Northern Ireland.

Last year, Candis Club helped Marie Curie to pioneer a new and innovative project to improve the care that cancer patients are given within the community.

'NURSING IN THE 21ST CENTURY' is now underway, helping Marie Curie nurses to go about their work safely and securely, and ensuring that patients and their families get the help they need.

It focuses on two key areas:
Marie Curie nurses and their safety
As lone workers, Marie Curie nurses are often placed in vulnerable positions as they arrive, late at night, at remote houses or perhaps a block of inner city flats. A pioneering new communication system offers 24-hour support and a freephone helpline that allows the charity to keep in close contact with nurses throughout their shift, giving them security and their families peace of mind.

Increasing responsiveness to families
Marie Curie is continually looking at new and effective ways to ensure patients and their families get the help they need, when they need it. Typically, the charity's referral centre in South Wales deals directly with District Nurses, who act as mediators. Now, a new service has been set up that will enable families to talk directly to advisers at the centre, to request a nurse, receive advice on other care options or talk over their immediate worries.

NEW FROM OCTOBER 2006
This year, Candis Club is helping Marie Curie to provide Day care therapy for patients throughout the UK. Marie Curie typically delivers around 34,000 therapies a year to 1,700 patients in its 10 hospices and specialist Day Care Unit. If a patient attends on a weekly basis, Marie Curie Cancer Care can monitor symptoms, provide advice and identify problems, hopefully prevent a crisis. Day Care also gives patients' carers vital respite, enabling them to have time to themselves, and offers patients crucial peer support. Sharing experiences and feelings with people who have been through similar things is a big part of a patient's day therapy, and this essential social interaction helps to lift their mood.

A rehabilitation kitchen for Belfast hospice. It is common for patients to quickly lose confidence to cope with everyday things. They are often concerned with how they will manage to make meals safely. Having a rehabilitation kitchen in the dedicated day therapy centre at Marie Curie's Belfast hospice will allow patients to try making their own drinks, meals and snacks with the help and support of the Occupational Therapist.
The kitchen will undoubtedly become the hub of the hospice, encouraging patients to support each other, be creative - with baking days and cocktails on the menu - build their confidence and, most importantly, have fun!

Marie Curie's chief executive, Tom Hughes-Hallett, comments,
"Candis Club and its members have done so much for Marie Curie Cancer Care - your contributions have enabled us to provide MORE home nursing and hospice care, reach MORE patients in need and carry out MORE research into the causes and treatments of cancer. We are very grateful for the continued, very generous, support of Candis Club members."

Marie Curie Cancer Care receives 42 per cent of all Candis Club donations. From October 06 to October 07 the Club expects to give a further £375,000 to help support cancer patients and their families in the UK. To find out more about Marie Curie, call 0800 716 146 or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk

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