The Terminal illness charity Marie Curie have cancelled all public collections in Bristol due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Across the UK, 2200 collections have been cancelled with immediate effect and Marie Curie has estimated it will lose £1million from this.
It comes as the Small Charities Coalition (SCC) expressed concern about the lack of government recognition and action to help the charitable sector.
Marie Curie expects further losses from charity events and activities which were meant to take place in the upcoming months.
This will impact the charity’s work, which is going to be more important than ever over the coming months as the NHS focuses on the coronavirus.
Meredith Niles is the Executive Director of Fundraising and Engagement at Marie Curie said: “It is with great disappointment that we have decided to cancel all of our Great Daffodil Appeal public collections due to COVID-19 as well as a number of other fundraising events that were due to take place over the coming weeks and months – a decision which has not been taken lightly.
“The health and safety of our dedicated volunteers and staff is of utmost importance.
“We are extremely grateful to the thousands of people who signed up to collect for us, without whom the Great Daffodil Appeal would not exist.
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“Where possible, we hope to be able to re-schedule collections and events for later in the year, and would like to thank all our volunteers, supporters, corporate partners and staff for their ongoing support at this challenging time.”
The charity is urgently asking people to get involved in the appeal via other ways to help its nurses care for more people including donating online or via text-to-donate (text DAFF to 70111 to donate £5*).
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