A CANCER care charity has reported a good response from the public over plans to plant a field of hope.

Marie Curie Cancer Care will be planting thousands of daffodil bulbs in late autumn in Durham, each of them sponsored in memory of someone who died of cancer.

The event will raise money for the charity, which has the daffodil as its emblem and, by spring, the bank above Framwellgate Peth, overlooking Milburngate House, will be covered in the flowers.

Linda McDonough, from Marie Curie Cancer Care, said they had had a good response to the initiative so far.

She said: "We plant the bulbs in late autumn, so they burst into bloom in the spring, making life seem brighter.

"The feeling of hope that the daffodil brings makes it the perfect emblem to represent the improved quality of life offered to people by Marie Curie nurses and hospices.

"It is in a lovely location, which sees many people passing through, from the public and businesspeople in their lunch breaks, to people simply passing by.

"In this respect, it would serve as a wonderful place to have a field of hope, which would always be in the public eye and therefore a nice, high-profile site."

Anyone wanting to plant a bulb should send a donation and a message to be displayed in a book of remembrance to Field of Hope, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Victoria House, 4 High Chare, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3PX.

Cheques should be made out to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Any companies wanting to make donations to the charity should write to the address, or ring Linda McDonough on 0191-382 3311.