Marie Curie calls on Merseyside bakers to raise funds with Autumn baking challenge

Marie Curie is inviting baking enthusiasts across Merseyside to help raise much-needed funds by taking part in their Autumn baking fundraiser.

Marie Curie is making it easy for anyone to get involved, offering plenty of ideas to help bakers host their own bake-off challenges, cupcake decorating competitions, cake sales, or even pie-eating contests.

Whether you’re a master of muffins, a pro with pies, or a novice baker just starting out, this fundraiser offers a chance for everyone to show off their skills while supporting a vital cause.

When signing up, Marie Curie will send all budding bakers a special recipe pack with autumnal bakes from Melissa Hemsley, the Hairy Bikers and Fay Ripley, to help inspire people in Merseyside to get creative in the kitchen. Bakers will also get everything they need to help make their fundraiser a success – from posters and social media graphics to invitations and fundraising in-memory cards.

Actor, author and presenter, Fay Ripley, who is supporting the campaign by sharing her own banana and chocolate loaf recipe, said: 

“I find myself yelling “use your loaf!” at everyone and anyone so now I’ve used my loaf – my banana and chocolate loaf in fact! – to support Marie Curie with their important work, delivering expert care at the end of life. I promise I won’t yell at you, but I hope everyone gets baking with me!”

Jen Corrigan, Marie Curie Community Fundraiser for Merseyside said: 

“Whether you’re crazy about chocolate cake or partial to pumpkin pie, this autumn Marie Curie is making raising funds for expert end of life care a piece of cake.

“As the nights draw in, baking and sharing sweet treats can be fun (and tasty!) way to help Marie Curie continue to provide expert care and support at the end of life, free from unnecessary pain, so people can have the dignity and respect they deserve, whatever their illness. 

“It’s up to you how you fundraise – you could ask friends, family or work colleagues to bake up a storm with you or you could go it alone and enjoy arranging your own bake sale. However you choose to fundraise, we’ll support you throughout – and you will be helping ensure that Marie Curie is there for more people, and their loved ones, when they need it most.

Marie Curie is dependent on fundraising and public donations. In Merseyside Marie Curie Nurses and healthcare professionals provide expert hospice care to people in their own home and at its hospice in Woolton in Liverpool. Marie Curie also provides Urgent Hospice Care at Home and Companions who provide the emotional and practical support you want – at home, in hospital or over the phone.

As well as providing hospice care and hospice at home care across the UK, Marie Curie also has a free Information and Support line which is available to anyone with an illness they’re likely to die from and those close to them. It offers practical and emotional support on everything from symptom management and day-to-day care to financial information and bereavement support.  

Find out more about the Marie Curie Autumn baking challenge here.

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