# Santander UK chooses Marie Curie Cancer Care as charity of the year 2012

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/01/09/santander-uk-chooses-marie-curie-cancer-care-charity-year-2012/
- Published: 2012-01-09T16:14:30+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Marie Curie Cancer Care has been chosen by financial services provider Santander
UK as their new Charity of the Year partner for 2012. The charity was selected in
a staff vote.

The year-long partnership has a fundraising target of £500,000. The first activity
will include staff taking part in a dress-down Go Yellow for Marie Curie Nurse’s
Day. All of Santander’s 25,000 staff will also be challenged to raise £20 during
the year. Each of them would then be funding one hour of free nursing care.

[Santander](http://www.santander.co.uk) staff will also be involved in supporting
the charity’s Great Daffodil Appeal in March, donating items to Marie Curie’s 168
shops in a big spring clean, Blooming Great Tea Parties in the summer and Santander’s
own Brain Game gala quiz.

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Sheralee Morris, Santander’s Community Manager, said: “Our charity of the year fundraising
relationships have grown year on year and I’m confident that this partnership will
exceed all expectations.”

www.mariecurie.org.uk

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