Local MSP Rachael Hamilton recently joined 150 people at a special event celebrating Marie Curie’s latest fundraiser. This included local organisers and volunteers from the Scottish Borders such as Karen Woods, Helen Ramsay, and Maureen Stevenson.
The Blooming Great Garden Party held at Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park saw MSPs, volunteers and supporters join celebrations for the Blooming Great Tea Party campaign. The charity is also celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.
A baking competition was held which was judged by Ruth Davidson MSP who recently appeared on a celebrity edition of the Great British Bake Off.
Blooming Great Tea Party is Marie Curie’s summer fundraising campaign which asks people to get together with friends, colleagues and family to throw a Blooming Great tea party, bake sale or ‘Bake off’ style competition and ask for donations in return.
The Scottish Borders has numerous fundraising groups for the charity, including in Kelso, Melrose, Selkirk, Hawick and Duns
Rachael Hamilton MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire said ‘It was great to attend this event as I know the hard work Marie Curie does to care for people with a terminal illness in the Borders’
‘I would like to thank everyone across the Scottish Borders who work so tirelessly to fundraise for Marie Curie’
‘I would urge any groups of friends, businesses, or local organisations to come together and help fundraise for this important work by holding a Blooming Great Tea Party’
Susan Lowes, Marie Curie Policy & Public Affairs Manager said: ‘Thank you to Rachael for her support. We hope people will be encouraged to get baking themselves and organise their own Blooming Great Tea Party. Every donation helps Marie Curie provide care and support to people living with terminal illness.’