Charity Marie Curie is awarded £15,000 from Tesco's Centenary Grants Bags of Help.

Marie Curie won the 2nd prize of £15,000 in the Tesco North and East Yorkshire region's July - September Centenary Grants Bags of Help customer vote. The vote took place in all Tesco stores across the region and on Wednesday 13th November Tesco staff met with Kelly Maton from the charity at our Hull St Stephen's store for the cheque presentation and to find out more about how the money will be used.

Liz Howlett, Yorkshire Fundraising Manager at Marie Curie, said “Marie Curie nurses work across North & East Yorkshire to provide compassionate and expert care that helps to reassure families and enables them to get some much needed rest. Last year we provided over 51,000 hours of care across North Yorkshire, York and East Riding. But we still need to do more; one in four people don’t get the care and support they need. We don’t think that’s good enough. We know more and more people want to die at home but caring for a loved one at home is a challenge for many families. Accessing the right care and support at the right time can a huge difference and can prevent distressing emergency hospital admissions. We’re delighted to have been awarded this donation from Tesco which will help us to make it easier for people living with a terminal illness to access the right support at the right time".

Kelly Maton, Community Fundraiser for East Yorkshire at Marie Curie adds, “In East Yorkshire alone, last year we provided over 17,000 hours of care to people and their families in the community. We can’t provide this care and support for people living with a terminal illness without your help, so thank you very much for voting for Marie Curie.  Your support means we can help make sure more people facing terminal illness in the year ahead, won’t be doing so alone”.