End of life charity Marie Curie thanks Lanarkshire communities for generous donations in fundraising appeal

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Lanarkshire communities are being thanked for their tremendous support towards an annual appeal held by Marie Curie as it made a welcome return after two years.

The end-of-life charity ran its Great Daffodil Appeal throughout March, and received thousands of pounds in generous donations from the people of both North and South Lanarkshire.

Collections held in Hamilton, East Kilbride, Lanark and Larkhall raised over £13,000, while those in Airdrie, Bellshill, Motherwell and Wishaw added another £4000 to the total.

The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now. Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android All funds raised through the appeal, which asks people to donate and wear one of the charity’s iconic daffodil pins, help fund vital care and support for people living with terminal illness and their families.Due to the COVID pandemic, the appeal collections in the previous two years had to be cancelled, but Lanarkshire residents then dug deep this year on their return.To mark the launch of this year’s appeal, Marie Curie created a daffodil artwork made of 4129 LED tea lights – representing the number of people the charity looked after across its nine hospices and in private homes per month last year.