Hugh does his bit for cancer charity

Posted by Jane Murphy

 

Now, we don’t see many new pictures of Hugh Grant nowadays - partly because of his chuckle-inducing penchant for throwing Tupperware boxes full of cold baked beans over the paparazzi.

But - credit where credit’s due - the floppy-haired actor was more than happy to step into the spotlight yesterday afternoon, when he helped launch a new awareness campaign for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

It turns out that Hugh won the right to commission a YouGov survey in a charity auction - which he then used to find out whether people were aware of the organisation’s work.

Sadly, nearly four out of five people didn’t know that a Marie Curie nurse would be available to them if they needed one - and half didn’t know how to get one.

Hugh was inspired to do his bit for the charity after Marie Curie nurses helped his own family. “They were so fantastic to my mum who, eight years ago almost to the day, was in her last 24 hours,” he explained. “And if you can ever have a happy last 24 hours, she pretty much had one, and entirely thanks to Marie Curie.”

Find out more about the charity’s work here.

Picture: PA

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