We want to thank everyone for taking part in Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal and supporting us across the month of March.
Whether it was volunteering a few hours of your time, donating, fundraising for the charity, or wearing our iconic daffodil pin badge, it will help us deliver expert end-of-life care to those people with any illness they are likely to die from and those close to them.
Our wonderful volunteer collectors were out and about in their big yellow hats to encourage people to wear the charity’s daffodil pin and donate.
As our largest fundraiser, the Great Daffodil Appeal raises much-needed funds for Marie Curie nurses and healthcare professionals to provide expert support and hospice care in the comfort of home and at our two Scottish hospices, and funds the charity’s free support line and webchat.
At Marie Curie, we are celebrating our 75th year as the UK’s leading end-of-life charity, which wouldn’t be possible without the continued generosity and kindness from our supporters like you, so thank you.
Ashley Thomson, head of fundraising, Marie Curie Scotland.
The SNP-Green government’s contempt for rural Scotland is evident with the passing of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill.
This SNP legislation will once again make the lives of those living and working in rural Scotland more difficult through burdensome wildlife management licensing schemes and heavy-handed new regulations.
Ultimately, the SNP-Green’s Bill is deeply flawed, ignoring the interests of our rural communities who will suffer the consequences.
We need political representation that stands up for rural Scotland by opposing SNP-Green assaults on rural ways of life.
To protect our rural economy and culture, SNP and Green Party politicians must be voted out in every corner of Scotland.
Councillor Alastair Redman, Kintyre and the Islands ward.
With spring in the air, Cats Protection and Songbird Survival have teamed up to offer advice on the best ways to help reduce hunting of songbirds by pet cats in the hope of protecting the threatened population.
Spring is a particularly vulnerable time for songbirds as we are in the nesting and breeding season, which runs up to July.
It’s important to protect songbird populations from decline and cat owners and bird lovers alike can make a big difference by putting up nest boxes as well as not using pesticides in their gardens.
Top tips for reducing hunting:
Visit songbirdsos.org/get-educated or www.cats.org.uk/garden-and-outdoors for more advice.
Nicky Trevorrow, Cats Protection behaviour manager, and Susan Morgan, CEO of Songbird Survival.
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