Firm raises £250k for charity

A Lanarkshire legal firm has raised more than £250,000 for Marie Curie through legacy gifts.

It is the seventh year running Scullion LAW has supported the charity, which provides care and support to terminally ill people and their families across Scotland.

Throughout the partnership, more than 1000 people have left a gift to the charity since 2015 through Scullion LAW’S free Will writing scheme.

Nicholas Scullion, managing partner at the law firm, said: “It is with great joy and pride that we mark this milestone of £250,000 in aid of Marie Curie Scotland.

“We would like to thank every single one of our generous clients for their kind donations and we would also like to thank our hard working team for all of the care, passion and energy they put into this free will writing campaign year on year.

“We have been working closely with Marie Curie for several years; they are a charity very close to our hearts because they have been there at the bedside of our loved ones during their time of need.

“The power of their wonderful presence in the homes and hospices of people who are dying should really be celebrated.”

Christine Devlin from Marie Curie added: “We are extremely grateful to the support received by Scullion LAW, and their generous clients who have left gifts in their wills for Marie Curie over the past seven years.

“To have received £250,000 is an incredible milestone, especially as the charity needs to raise this amount each week to support our services in Scotland.

“Now, more than ever, our services are needed. In the past year, we cared for over 9000 terminally ill people across Scotland – the highest on record since the charity began in 1948.

“It’s through local businesses, organisations and kind-hearted people that we are able to be there for people on their final journey.”