Newtown Event Raises Over £2,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care - November 2013
A successful charity event at The Monty Club in Newtown, with popular local band Up All Nite providing the music, has raised £2,038 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
A total of £844.70 was raised on the night and local insurance brokers and independent financial advisers Rees Astley Ltd added another £1,194 to boost the charity fund.
A spokesman for Up All Nite said the band was keen to support the charity as Marie Curie Nurses had supported family members in the past.
Marie Curie Nurses provide nursing care for people who are approaching the end of their lives and wish to remain at home. Around 70 per cent of the charity's income comes from the generous support of thousands of individuals, membership organisations and businesses, with the balance coming from the NHS.
All money raised by Newtown Marie Curie Cancer Care Fundraising Group is spent locally. More than £22,000 has been raised since the group's first meeting in February, which has supported more than 380 hours of end of life home care in the local area.
Joy Jones, fundraising group chair, said the recent event was a great success and she thanked Up All Nite, The Monty Club and people who attended for their support and Rees Astley director Alun Hughes for the company's generous donation.
Mr Hughes said the company was pleased to support the excellent work undertaken by Marie Curie Nurses in the local community.