Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres: Updates from the appeal

Updates from the appeal

Find out more about our campaign to bring a Maggie's to Forresterhill Hospital in Aberdeen.

Read the recent coverage from Press & Journal who are supporting the campaign and our Fundraising Co-ordinator Nicola, to find out how you can get involved.

Maggie's centres help Lily keep the memory of her mum alive

Saturday 2 April 2011
Mother's day will be a bittersweet occasion for Lily Jencks. She was just 15 when her mum - Scots-born designer and founder of the charity Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, Maggie Keswick Jencks - lost her battle with cancer. Read more...

Top international architects picked to head up Maggie's design team

Tuesday 29 March 2011
The Norwegian architects behind the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York have been selected to create the new Maggie's Centre in Aberdeen. The multi-award-winning Snohetta practice will front the design team for the eagerly awaited development at Foresterhill... Read more...

Paul gears up for Great Glen event after cancer scare gave him new zest for life

Saturday 15 January 2011
A cancer survivor is celebrating his good health by signing up for a 73-mile charity challenge to raise funds for a new support centre for people affected by the disease in the north-east. Read more...

New Year gets off to a flying start with £100,000 for Maggie's Appeal

Monday 3 January 2011
The milestone was reached just in time for Christmas, marking a successful start to the £3million campaign to bring a Maggie's cancer support centre to Aberdeen. Read more...

Rob creates animal magic in his garden

Wednesday 8 December 2010
While some snowbound north-east residents are staying inside to try to keep warm, one is putting his time to good use - by building a zoo in his front garden. Read more...

Fundraising champion appointed to boost cancer centre campaign

Friday 24 September 2010
The campaign to bring a new cancer support centre to Aberdeen has a new champion. Nicola Watson, 30, from Inveruriem has been appointed community fundraising coordinator for Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres in the north-east. Read more...

Maggie's takes time to care for cancer patients says co-founder

Friday 2 July 2010
As a busy oncology nurse, Laura Lee was well aware that she and her colleagues did not always have the time they would have liked to spend with patients or their families. Only now, as chief executive of the charity campaigning to open a Maggie's cancer caring centre in Aberdeen, does she realise just how much of a loss that was. Read more...

Luxury hotel boss is backing bid to bring Maggie's to city

Wednesday 30 June 2010
The boss of one of Britain's leading luxury hotel chains has urged companies in the north-east to get behind the campaign to open a Maggie's cancer centre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Read more...

Pledge £24 and be Maggie's friend

Saturday 26 June 2010
The Monty's Maggie's Appeal is looking for all the friends it can get in its bid to raise £3million for a new cancer support centre in Aberdeen... organisers are urging P&J readers to become a Friend of Maggie's too. Read more...

Building a cancer centre will dwarf any golfing success, says Monty

Thursday 24 June 2010
Golf star Colin Montgomerie has spoken of his pride in the launch of a new campaign to honour his late mother by bringing a Maggie's cancer support centre to the north-east. Read more...