ASK most people how much Marie Curie fundraisers in Ledbury can raise in one year and they are likely to be wide of the mark and pleasantly surprised.

Now that collecting tins have been emptied, money counted and banked, the members and supporters of the Marie Curie appeal have announced that the total raised for this year, from last spring to this spring, was £14,750.

This has come about though Marie Curie’s signature event the ‘Blooming Great Tea party’, coffee mornings, collecting tins and boxes in shops, businesses and other places, funds raised by Ian and Jean Wheeler, private donations and sales of the logo ‘daffodils’ and other related goods including the past and present calendars, raffle sales and the highly popular Christmas Fayre.

Added to these activities is the street collection when volunteers wear their distinctive yellow hats, wigs and other fun outfits in order to be visible and raise the profile of Marie Curie.

Charity spokesman, Bruce Spokesman, said: “Every penny we raise locally goes towards the cost of supporting our Marie Curie Nurses in our local area. We would like to say a big thank you to all the people in the Ledbury area who support us so generously and so magnificently all year round, and to all those volunteers who make things happen.”

Marie Curie provides care and support for people living with any terminal illness, and their families and have been carrying out this work for more than 65 years.

Last year alone more than 40,000 people across the UK were cared for and in Ledbury, the monies raised will support the work in the local area.