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03
Jun 2024
Harrogate boutique hosts fashion show for Marie Curie
Harrogate women's clothing boutique, Julie Fitzmaurice, hosted a fashion show to raise awareness of the charity Marie Curie this lunchtime.
Marie Curie supports people who need end of life care. Between 2022 and 2023 it helped 58 patients in the Harrogate area with a total of 261 visits by a Marie Curie nurse.
It is soon to launch a new "companion service" at Harrogate Hospital where trained volunteers will support patients and their families in the last days of their life on the hospital's wards.
Christine Hamilton-Stewart, a former nurse who volunteers for Marie Curie and is national vice president and patron of the Bradford Hospice said:
Today is a special day for us as it's allowing Marie Curie to develop its position in the local community because we are really unsung heroes in Harrogate and North Yorkshire.
I took Gini Palm, who owns Julie Fitzmaurice, to have a look around the Bradford Hospice. It was a good move as Gini came back on fire about everything we do.
Marie Curie is always trying to raise money but we'd like more people to understand what we do. We are more interested today in creating long term friends who might help us in the future.
Julie Fitzmaurice specialises in bespoke clothes and occasion wear and is something of a Harrogate clothing institution having been in the town since 1932. Today guests were shown designs and heard afterwards about the work of Marie Curie.
Owner Gini Palm said:
We are running this lovely event to help promote Marie Curie in the area - everyone knows that most charities are struggling for funds.
We've been here since 1932 and we are very, very proud of that -we hope to remain here in perpetuity.
Twenty percent of all clothes sold in the next three days will be donated to the charity
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