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Kent every year as well as those living with cancer and their family and friends. annually. Fundraising is in the early phase
of a £7m campaign. Chair of Maggie’s Kent Fundraising
transformational and beautiful legacy project to be involved with. My family how much our experience would have
cancer being treated at this centre of excellence every day, it is imperative we fundraise hard to get this beautiful sanctuary embedded into Kent and East Sussex life, supporting many generations
have made their lives in Kent and had will want to make sure that there is something more, a beautiful sanctuary of support, for generations to come. As a community we will take pride knowing that we were the ones who made Maggie’s Kent possible.” For 30 years, Maggie’s has been at the
forefront of transforming care for people impacted by cancer. General Hospital in Edinburgh, Maggie’s be, offering free psychological, emotional and practical support for people with cancer as well as their family and friends.
our communities over the coming years.” The new Maggie’s centre has been designed by Assemble and will include a warm and welcoming kitchen area as well as rooms for one-to-one support and larger spaces for groups, exercise classes and more. The design aims to create a building embedded in the culture, landscape, geology and heritage of Kent. The design will also celebrate natural and local materials to create a space that is beautiful and richly atmospheric and create a sense of familiarity for Maggie’s understands the importance
of contact with nature for mental and physical health in creating an inspiring experience, which is why the garden at
the centre is an integrated part of the concept, by Landscape Architects J&L Gibbons who designed the landscape for the Natural History Museum. Architect Anthony Engi-Meacock
secured planning permission for the new Maggie’s at Maidstone hospital. Maggie’s are special places that enable their staff and volunteers to deliver be part of a team who believe in, and demonstrate, the value of design to create uplifting spaces that nourish those who inhabit them. We look forward to continuing work to bring Maggie’s The centre will be there to support the 11,000 people diagnosed with cancer in
are built in the grounds of major NHS cancer hospitals and support hundreds of thousands of people each year. No appointment is needed, and people can drop in to speak to fully trained and cancer support specialists.
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