Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am a doctor, and also a knitter, and to raise money for Marie Curie through lots of yarny loveliness I have started the Flower Power Fund - visit the main Flower Power Fund Facebook page or follow @flowerpowerfund on Instagram for full details.

Four years ago, I decided to knit a pair of socks in limited edition Marie Curie yarn for every one of the patients in Bradford Hospice at Christmas. When I posted about it online lots of kind knitters offered to help, and the project grew. Hand knitted socks came in from all around the world, including U.S.A, New Zealand and Dubai. In the end, we collected over 229 pairs of socks, enough for EVERY patient in EVERY Marie Curie Hospice in the UK to have a pair of hand knitted socks for Christmas. Each year since I have coordinated an international campaign to knit socks for every patient in every Marie Curie Hospice - in 2019 we had 315 pairs in total, one for every patient and some spare for their loved ones too. It had to take a break last year for the pandemic but the knitting is going on again this year.

I also published my own sock recipe which I sold in aid of Marie Curie - so far it has raised just over £650 and is still available here:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marie-curie-quest-socks

In 2018 I wanted to go bigger....and so I created the Flower Power Fund. Working with 12 talented UK indie yarn dyers, one a month, each produced a limited edition colourway inspired by a flower of their choice, with a donation from each skein going to Marie Curie. We raised over £22,000 for Marie Curie in the first year, and then over £25,00 in 2020! The Flower Power Fund is back again for 2021, but in a mini form !  Each month there are limited edition mini skeins sets with a donation from every set going to Marie Curie, and there will be random raffles held on Instagram  (follow @FlowerPowerFund on Instagram for full details) and prize draws for some fabulous yarn prizes

Lots of lovely people have generously donated prizes to raise more money for Marie Curie. Full details of each raffle will be published on the Flower Power Fund Instagram account @flowerpowerfund or on the FlowerPowerFund Facebook page.

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