# Wyevale Garden Centres raises £750,000 for Marie Curie

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/21/wyevale-garden-centres-raises-750000-marie-curie/
- Published: 2016-06-21T09:22:26+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Wyevale Garden Centres has raised £750,000 for its charity partner [Marie Curie](https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/)
more than 12 months ahead of schedule.**

 

The partnership launched in 2014 and is part of the Wyevale Garden Centres [Gardens for Good](http://www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/gardens-for-good/mccc)
community initiative, which supports causes where gardens or gardening aim to benefit
people. It had originally aimed to raise £750,000 by July 2017.

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The money has been raised in a variety of ways including £274,000 raised through
a 25p donation from entrance fees to children’s play areas in the garden centres,
£90,000 from donating 10 per cent from certain products, as well as through participating
in Marie Curie’s annual Great Daffodil Appeal, which this year raised £70,000.

 

This month, Wyevale Garden Centres is taking part in Marie Curie’s Blooming Great
Tea Party between 20th-29th June. All centres with a restaurant or café will also
be donating 20p from every hot drink sold over the weekend of 25th/26th June as 
part of the event with the aim of raising £10,000.

 

Stephen Murphy, chair of Wyevale Garden Centres, said:

 

> “It is a fantastic achievement by our colleagues and customers. The money can 
> help fund over 37,500 hours of Marie Curie Nurses who support people with a terminal
> illness and their families. We have set ourselves a new aim of reaching £1 million
> for the charity and I know that we can count on everyone at Wyevale Garden Centres
> to step up to the challenge and do everything possible to support this amazing
> cause.”

 * **[National Garden Scheme to sponsor Marie Curie bursary fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/20/national-garden-scheme-sponsor-marie-curie-bursary-fund/)**(
   20 March 2017)
 * **[Hotter chooses Marie Curie as first ever charity partner](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/01/19/hotter-chooses-marie-curie-first-ever-charity-partner/)**(
   19 January 2018)
 * **[Great Daffodil Appeal returns for 2021 without public collections](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/02/22/great-daffodil-appeal-returns-2021-without-public-collections/)**(
   22 February 2021)

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