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February 2010

£80,000 grant for Dales charity: February 22, 2010
People's Lottery raises £80,000 for Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust: February 22, 2010
Burma meets Malham though People and the DALES: February 19, 2010
Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Bird Bonanza Launched: February 19, 2010
New Sea Hide at NWT's Hauxley Reserve: February 12, 2010
Dales charity a winner with People's Postcode Lottery: February 12, 2010
Run the British 10k London Run in support of Missing People: February 5, 2010
Maggie’s Cotswolds on Track to Open in Summer: February 5, 2010
Yorkshire groups go further with leader funding: February 5, 2010
Missing People featured on BBC Radio 4 'The Report': February 2, 2010

January 2010

Maggie's to benefit from Memories project: January 29, 2010
Bird fun galore with NWT this half term: January 29, 2010
New role for former park chief: January 22, 2010
Miles for Missing People - your chance to take part!: January 22, 2010
Join in the fun with Love Maggie’s Day!: January 22, 2010
Thank you letter from Children North East: January 21, 2010
250,000 reasons for a cheerful New Year in North Yorkshire: January 15, 2010
All action ambassador for People’s Postcode Lottery: January 15, 2010
People’s Postcode Trust Sensory Garden a Blooming Success!: January 8, 2010
Fundraising Cowgirls Get a Surprise Christmas Present: January 8, 2010
Christmas Gifts to Support Charities: January 4, 2010

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First cheque presented to Maggie's at event

22 June 2009

Maggie’s ambassador Penny Smith accepted a People’s Postcode Lottery cheque for over £14,000 on behalf of the charity at a recent event in Newcastle. Maggie’s representatives also unveiled plans to open a new ‘Maggie’s North East’ centre in Newcastle.

The night was organised to display Sam Taylor-Wood’s ‘Portraits for Maggie’s’ - a series of intimate portraits of families, couples and individuals, who have been affected by cancer and have used Maggie’s Centres. Sam Taylor Wood, a Patron of Maggie’s Centres, has been affected by cancer twice, with her first diagnosis of the disease at the age of 29.

The exhibition at the Great North Museum has been running since May 23rd, but there will be a special night for supporters of Maggie’s on the evening of June 17th to raise awareness of Maggie’s plans for a centre at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.

Plans for Maggie's North East

Maggie's Centre North East design by Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera Polo

Maggie’s North East will be on the site of the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle. It has been designed by leading architects Foreign Office Architects Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo whose dramatic designs have won the prestigious RIBA Stirling prize twice.

Chair of the Campaign Board, Lorna Moran, said: "Having visited some of the other Maggie’s centres I know how very special they are and why we need a Maggie’s North East so much. It will be a place that offers a totally different environment from the hospital wards. It will be a place that anyone affected by cancer can go to catch their breath and be themselves. It will be a place to receive practical help and advice. Most importantly Maggie’s will be a place that you can make your own and know as a home from home."

Katerina Kantalis from Maggie’s said: "There are 5,500 new diagnoses of cancer a year within this region with a population of over 2,000,000. Those people and their families deserve access to the support that only a Maggie’s Centre can provide. I am looking forward to closely working with the board and with our various supporters across the region to make Maggie’s North East a reality."