During the three-year partnership, Ryden staff have biked and hiked across the width of Scotland in 24 hours for Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike, sponsored and taken part in Maggie’s Life Walks, baked cakes (and eaten them!) and organised quiz nights, competitions and raffles. The firm also set up a unique golf event in Arran earlier this month involving a team of eight playing the island’s seven golf courses – 93 holes - in 24 hours, with a tee-off time of 3am.

Gemma McDonald, Corporate Manager for Maggie’s, said: “The support that Maggie’s has received from Ryden has been truly outstanding. The staff seem to have endless energy and are always ready to take on a challenge and to have some fun. £52,835 will cover the costs of more than 1,000 visits to one of our centres. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Ryden for their continued support.”

Gemma added: “When I look at the list of what Ryden has done for Maggie’s I think it highlights how positive corporate fundraising can be – there are challenge events, there is fun and there are plenty of opportunities to introduce ideas and team-building exercises.”

Fiona Morton, Managing Partner of Ryden, said: “This has been Ryden’s first official charity partnership and it has been a great success. In the last three years we’ve had great fun raising a tremendous sum for our chosen charity. We are proud to support Maggie’s and the work this fantastic and worthwhile charity does across the country.”



• There are currently six Maggie’s Centres across the UK – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Highlands, Fife and London. There are three Interim Centres – Oxford, South West Wales and Lanarkshire

• Centres are planned for the sites of the three interim Centres and in Cotswolds, North East, Nottingham, and a second centre in Glasgow

• Maggie’s programme of support empowers people to live with, through and beyond cancer

• Maggie’s Centres are free to visit, no appointment is necessary and they are for anyone affected by any type of cancer as well as their family and friends

• Some of the worlds leading architects have designed Maggie’s Centres, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Lord Richard Rogers and Rem Koolhaus

• In 2009 Maggie’s Centres across the UK received over 78,000 visits

• Maggie’s model of support has been so successful that it is being taken forward in Hong Kong, Barcelona and Scandinavia

• It costs an average of £350,000 per year to run a Maggie’s Centre