Marie Curie UK

📣💬 There's an important, ongoing debate about whether or not assisted dying should be legalised in the UK. The debate is highly emotional, complex and deeply personal. But standing apart from this debate is the fact that far too many people currently miss out on the care and support they need towards the end of their life. Right now, services and staff are stretched to their limits, and carers and families often don't know where to turn for help. Marie Curie takes a neutral position on whether assisted dying should be legalised, but we're far from neutral on the critical need to improve palliative care so that no one suffers because they're unable to get the care they need. 💭 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/er97wCzY

In our three year partnership with Morrisons, we're hoping to... 🏥 Enhance Marie Curie Hospices, to create a legacy of hospices fit for the future. 🏡 Provide more nurses to deliver expert hospice care at home, so people can stay surrounded by their loved ones and community. 📷 Help make moments that matter, so people at the end of life can create precious memories with loved ones. We want to help families get the best end of life care possible, whatever the illness, wherever they are.

During Children's Grief Awareness Week, we're delighted to share that since May 2024 Marie Curie has partnered with Winston's Wish to co-design information for adults supporting children and young people who’re affected by terminal illness. We wanted to partner with Winston’s Wish and their Youth Team to better understand what helps children and young people when someone is ill, and how to best support them when they’re bereaved. The collaboration has given us the opportunity to work together with children and young people who’ve been bereaved by terminal illness. We’re working with Winston's Wish to update our information and provide signposting to their fantastic bereavement support for children and young people. Thank you, Winston's Wish. 👏

What is advance care planning ❓ If you're living with or caring for someone with a terminal illness, you might feel overwhelmed about making plans for future care – or not know where to start. We’ve teamed up with Teenage Cancer Trust to explain how to make an advance care plan and who can help. 👉

Did you know loss and bereavement is not currently part of initial teacher training, and is not an area of requirement for newly qualified teachers? This #ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek we want to highlight the important work of our Compassionate Schools Community programme, which for the last 3 years has been tackling issues in grief and bereavement education and support in schools by: 1️⃣ Strengthening school-based loss and bereavement information and support for pupils. 2️⃣ Undertaking research to increase awareness of the need to better support children and young people and the need for grief education in schools. 3️⃣ Engaging with stakeholders to try and secure a future for bereavement support in all schools in NI. To learn more about the programme read our report on it’s findings and recommendations here: https://lnkd.in/e-84u3AA

🎙️💛 Music for the End, a Marie Curie podcast with Edith Bowman. Edith explores the impact of music as a source of comfort during life's final moments with three expert guests. Visit: https://lnkd.in/epaKhfU6 to listen to the full episode.

It's official! 🤝 Together, we're working to improve end of life care in communities across the country, so more families get the best care possible – whatever the illness, wherever they are. Look out for ways you can support us in your local Morrisons store or visit: https://lnkd.in/eptbNyVb

We're thrilled to announce we are Morrisons new charity partner! 🎉 Over the next three years, Morrisons and Marie Curie are aiming to raise £15million to help families get the best end of life care possible. This partnership will bring more Marie Curie nursing expertise to people’s homes, enhance hospices and help make more moments that matter at the end of life. Visit: https://lnkd.in/eKwA3dmV to find out more about the partnership.

🕯️ On this Remembrance Sunday, we honour not only the brave soldiers who served but also the remarkable individuals behind the scenes whose contributions saved countless lives. Among them was Marie Curie, the pioneering scientist behind our charity's namesake. Swipe to read and find out more about the impact Marie Curie the scientist made to frontlines 👀👉

If you are planning to say thank you to staff or clients this year, then our Christmas hampers are a great choice. 🎁 And with only 50 days until the big day, now is the perfect time to start shopping. Our range of hampers can be personalised with individual messages and delivery dates, take a look: https://bit.ly/4fxiORw