Maggie's Centre

We help to build a new centre!

Walk the Walk were delighted during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October 2011 to join with Maggie's to celebrate the opening of the Maggie’s Gartnavel Centre in Glasgow..

This wonderful building was funded in full by Walk the Walk and was one of the grants made in Scotland to help improve the lives of cancer patients thanks to the fundraising of tens of thousands of women and men who have taken part in The MoonWalk Edinburgh. Nina was delighted to be able to announce on the day that Walk the Walk was granting a further £300,000 for the next 2 years running costs. This support has been acknowledged by an engraving on the front door “Walk the Walk uniting with Maggie’s”

Providing a much needed second Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow to serve the West of Scotland, an area with a high incidence of cancer. The centre is located a stone’s throw from the Scotland’s leading oncology facility, the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, which serves 2.8 million people (60 per cent of Scotland’s population).

Maggie’s Gartnavel will work in tandem with the original Maggie’s Glasgow at the Western Infirmary, to provide a first class level of emotional support and practical advice to people with cancer, their friends and family. Women and men at any stage of their cancer journey are able to access the professional and peer led support available at Maggie’s, to help them to build a life with, through and beyond cancer.

The building was designed by renowned architects Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon and the garden  by Lily Jencks,  daughter  of  Maggie’s  Founders, Maggie  Keswick  Jencks  and  Charles  Jencks.

Laura Lee, Maggie’s Chief Executive, said: “It is an honour to open our eighth Maggie’s Centre. Most importantly, Maggie’s Gartnavel has been made possible through a unique partnership with Walk the Walk, whose tenacious Edinburgh MoonWalkers, take to the streets of Edinburgh each year in wonderfully decorated bras to raise money to support cancer charities.  Thank you to Walk the Walk and to everyone who has graciously supported us over the years – you are helping to make a huge difference.”

Nina Barough, Chief Executive and Founder of Walk the Walk Worldwide, said: “What a proud day it is for Walk the Walk! Over the past six years, our Scottish MoonWalkers have trained hard, devised fantastic fundraising schemes, designed outlandish bras, and then actually had the courage to go into the streets of the capital at Midnight wearing their creations as they take on their marathon challenge at The MoonWalk Edinburgh, all with a united vision of helping to support people facing cancer. Today that vision has become a reality as Walk the Walk has become the principle funder for this wonderful new Maggie’s Centre, which will offer cancer patients the care and support so needed when facing a cancer diagnosis.  We have a very special relationship with Maggie’s and are pleased that in 2011, as we partner to open this new centre, Maggie’ s celebrate their 15th year and Walk the Walk are about to start a celebration of 15 years of MoonWalking!”