Stories are at the heart of everything we do. Whether you're sharing your story around the kitchen table in a Maggie's centre, online or in the press. These stories bring people together, break down stigmas, open up conversations and build communities.
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Date: Wednesday 14 August 2024
Steve came to Maggie's feeling lost but left with friendship, understanding and guidance.
Date: Tuesday 13 August 2024
Khorshed struggled with anxiety after a complication during surgery. Psychological support from Maggie's gave her confidence back.
Date: Friday 14 June 2024
Davy describes the support he found at Maggie's over the years while caring for his wife Lorna, and how it continued after she died
Date: Friday 24 May 2024
Marilyn describes the kinds of support people with cancer and a learning disability need, and how she's learnt to rock it with cancer.
Date: Tuesday 21 May 2024
Chris joined our Living with Ongoing Cancer course and quickly found information, support and a sense of community that didn’t seem possible at the start
Date: Friday 10 May 2024
When a laryngectomy changed Wilson’s life completely, he and his wife Alison found friendship and guidance in Maggie’s.
Date: Wednesday 08 May 2024
When Dellasie was having chemotherapy, she knew she needed to find a way to help her three year-old son understand what she was going through.
Date: Tuesday 07 May 2024
When Viv’s diagnosis changed, she knew that was the time to go down to Maggie’s. Visiting has helped her partner Ian, too.
Date: Monday 06 May 2024
After hours on the ward in chemotherapy, Seema’s always glad to get back to Maggie’s afterwards to see Lee and the team.
Date: Friday 03 May 2024
Liz and her husband Dave know that Maggie’s is there for whatever they need, from classes and support, to just watching the squirrels in the garden.
Date: Tuesday 16 April 2024
After the shock of finding out her cancer was back, Mary put one foot in front of the other to complete the Camino de Santiago and start living her life to the full.
Date: Friday 12 April 2024
Alex was 33 years old and working as an Army Officer when he was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer. He talks about how Maggie's supports his family and what running the London Marathon means to him.
Date: Thursday 21 March 2024
Ray shares how Maggie's 'turned his life around' and helped him find suitable accommodation after his prostate cancer diagnosis.
Date: Monday 12 February 2024
Marcus shares the shock of his advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, how men's group has helped and the importance of support for his wife too.
Date: Friday 09 February 2024
Hannah lost her mother-in-law, then her mum, to the same rare cancer. She shares how Maggie's supported her and her mum, and why she believes everyone needs a Maggie's.
Date: Thursday 18 January 2024
Find out why Teresa's first thought when writing her will was Maggie's
Date: Thursday 11 January 2024
Kirpal shares how she and her family dealt with her breast cancer diagnosis and confronted negative attitudes
Date: Wednesday 29 November 2023
Alison describes what makes up her triangle of support, alongside Maggie's, after she was diagnosed with two different cancers in a year
Date: Wednesday 08 November 2023
After Eddie's tongue was removed, he had to learn how to eat and speak again. Then, he helped someone else to do the same.
Date: Friday 27 October 2023
This young family found Maggie's after Pawel was diagnosed with a brain tumour which completely turned their family life upside down..
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