Media enquiries
Contact the media team
Our media team is based in London and Glasgow
Adam Hollier (London)
0207 386 3523
adam.hollier@maggiescentres.org
Tricia Crosbie (Glasgow)
0141 225 0082
tricia.crosbie@maggiescentres.org
Katie Tait (London)
07500 842900
katie.tait@maggiescentres.org
What we can offer
Our media team is able to offer an expert voice from our range of professional staff, director of programmes or CEO on a range of cancer-related issues including:
Emotional and psychological support - counselling, bereavement, caring for someone with cancer
Benefits advice - entitlement, other forms of financial and practical help
Relaxation and stress management - tai chi, yoga, art, creative writing, visualisation
Practical advice - managing hair loss, nutrition advice, beauty advice
We are able, normally at short notice, to provide case studies for most aspects of our programme of support who can be filmed in visually stunning environments across the country. We can also offer the centres to be filmed in as a background for appropriate press stories.
About Maggie’s
There are 15 Maggie’s centres which are either established or in development. These are Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Highlands, Fife, London, Cheltenham, Nottingham, South West Wales, Glasgow Gartnavel, Oxford, Lanarkshire, Aberdeen, North East and Hong Kong.
Maggie’s Centres are free to visit, no appointment is necessary and are for anyone affected by any type of cancer as well as their family and friends. Our programme of support empowers people to live with, through and beyond cancer.
Our online centre has more than 2,200 registered users.
Some of the world’s leading architects have designed Maggie’s Centres, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers and Rem Koolhaus.
In 2009 Maggie’s Centres across the UK were visited by 78,863 people affected by cancer.
Maggie’s model of support has been so successful that it is being taken forward in Hong Kong, Barcelona and Scandinavia. Maggie’s is celebrating its 15th birthday this year and its president is HRH the Duchess of Cornwall
Media facilities
ISDN - We have ISDN 30 lines at our London and Glasgow offices and ISDN 2e at our Cheltenham and London centres.
Photography - We have a range of high and low res images of our buildings, interiors and events. Contact the media team for specific requests.
Video - We have a selection of videos from interviews with centre users, experts and events.