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We’re the UK’s leading end of life charity. Hospice care and support, research and campaigns. Whatever the illness, we’re with you to the end 💛
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Thanks Timothée for bringing yellow back 🤝 #oscars

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💔💭 "Anticipatory grief – feeling grief before someone dies – affects many people with a loved one nearing the end of life. But most people don’t realise that what they’re experiencing is grief." Bereavement counsellor Jane Murray explains how we can help. 👇 www.mariecurie.org.uk/blog/pre-dea...

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Us 🤝 daffodils

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🥁🎉 We are delighted to announce that our 3-year partnership with @kpmguk.bsky.social raised £1.86 million for Marie Curie. KPMG provided over £661,000 worth of pro bono support, in addition to the fundraising achieved, and 92,959 hours of fundraising, volunteering & pro bono time. THANK YOU 👏

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For the past decade, little has been known about spending on dying people. ❌ That’s why we've commissioned the @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social & The Health Economics Unit to estimate public expenditure on people in their last year of life in the UK 👇 www.mariecurie.org.uk/blog/public-...

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📣 More than 80% of healthcare costs in the final year of life are spent on hospitals, according to a new report. Read more 👇 www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

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‼️🗨️ New research finds that UK public expenditure for people in the last year of life across healthcare, social care and social security is in the region of £22 billion. Here's a breakdown of what UK governments spend on people in their final year of life. 👇

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

When they tell you the therapy dog is coming to the hospice today... 🐶🐾

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Shout out to Annette and Sandra who do a marvellous job keeping our Edinburgh Hospice sparkly clean ✨ This year, the Domestic Team were awarded a very well deserved 5 stars again. Thank you for all you do!

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Collections are coming 🎉👏 We’re delighted #Morrisons are supporting The Great Daffodil Appeal 2025 with two big collection weeks - 24th Feb - 9th March! 🤩💛 Visit: collect.mariecurie.org.uk to find a slot near you.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

📣 The issue of palliative care has been spoken about again as MPs hear evidence as they consider the assisted dying bill this morning. More than a fifth of people needing palliative care go without. 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

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Up to 15 per cent of end of life carers living in poverty, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Sheffield and @mariecurieuk.bsky.social The study estimates 762,000 people across the UK provide unpaid care to terminally ill loved ones every year.

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“There was a man we looked after who had breathing difficulties associated with a respiratory condition, but he desperately wanted to play golf again before he died. "We realised that it was being in the bar afterwards with his chums and chatting that he loved. The actual golf didn’t matter... 👇

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

"Sam’s palliative care nurse had given me a Marie Curie leaflet and told me to get in touch. I thought they only helped people with cancer, I didn’t realise they helped anyone affected by any terminal illness." Wendy had a Companion over the phone volunteer while her husband was dying. 💛👇

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

📺 Thank you to Alexis for sharing her shocking story on #SkyNews following caring for her mum for nine years. 📝 Our new report shows that up to three quarters of a million people across the UK provide unpaid care to terminally ill loved ones, and 15% are living in poverty.

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📢 Funeral costs reach a record high A funeral can cost thousands of pounds, so it's good to know how much things cost and how you will pay for it. Try not to feel pressured into paying for a funeral you cannot afford. 👇 www.mirror.co.uk/money/funera...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

💭 Is technology making grieving processes easier? Here's 4 ways technology may help us with grief. 👇🧵

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

We're sending love to Linda Nolan's friends and family after the news of her death. If you've recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness, caring for a loved one, or bereaved, we're here to support you. Visit: www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

"I care for people at the end of life. They often tell me about their big regrets & it's always about time. When I entered the Great British Bake Off tent, I promised myself I wasn't going to stress if I went home in the second round, third round, whatever, because it's only cake – not a life." 💛

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

"Wes Streeting is right. No one should die in hospital when they don’t want or need to be there. The state of end of life care needs to change." 💔 Read more from Dr Sarah Holmes: www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view... #FixEndofLifeCare @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky, by order of The Traitors, you have been recruited... Signed by Marie Curie 📝 We're here, follow our page to keep up with all the latest 👋 #NewRecruit

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