‘Finally we could just be daughters to Mum again’: How this charity was there for one family during the toughest time of their lives…

From sleeping by her bedside every night and gently encouraging her to eat, to reassuring her when she was scared, Kelly Machen and her sister Emma went above and beyond to care for their mother when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

So when Jacqui Holroyd needed to go into a Marie Curie hospice for treatment to control her symptoms, they were concerned she wouldn’t be receiving the same levels of care they were giving her.