Take part in 'Together We Walk' for Maggie's to help people with cancer

Maggie’s Oldham is encouraging people to walk 5k (3.1 miles) on either June 12 or 13 – in celebration, reflection, or love to help people with cancer.

Maggie’s centre visitor Rob Flett will be walking a 5km route with his sons Jamie and Euan to remember his wife and Euan and Jamie’s mum, Moira.

“Me and the boys will be taking part in Together We Walk in celebration of Moira’s life and to thank Maggie’s for all their support,” said Rob.

“We were so lucky the day after Moira’s diagnosis.

"A nurse at the Oncology department advised us to go to Maggie’s, and it made the prospect of Moira’s final months less scary.”

Every Maggie’s centre follows the ideas about cancer care originally laid out by Maggie Keswick Jencks.

Maggie lived with advanced cancer for two years and was determined that she should not “lose the joy of living in the fear of dying”.

In order to live more positively with cancer, Maggie believed people needed information, stress-reducing strategies, psychological support, and the opportunity to meet other people in similar circumstances in a relaxed and beautiful setting.

All Maggie’s centres are individually designed by leading architects to feel like a home and all have a big kitchen table at their heart.

Over the course of the last year, the charity has been supporting thousands of people who have been impacted negatively by coronavirus, as Maggie’s Oldham Centre Head Trish Morgan explains.

“Maggie’s teams across the country have been there for people with cancer and their families during the most difficult of times," she said. 

"We’ve created ‘Together We Walk’ as a way of bringing people together to celebrate and reflect.

"The therapeutic nature of walking and feeling part of a community cannot be measured.

"And if people felt like raising some funds to help us continue to be there for people with cancer we’d be most grateful.”

Maggie’s Oldham relies entirely on voluntary donations to allow us to keep on developing our unique programme of free support for all those living with cancer in the area.

Put on your trainers and walk a 5k route that means something to you or like Rob, Euan and Jamie reminds you of a lost loved one on either June 12 or 13 and raise money for people with cancer.

Register now for your free pack and to set up your fundraising page.

Share photos of your walk on social media using the hashtag #TogetherWeWalk

Built in the grounds of Oldham Hospital, Maggie’s Oldham is a warm and welcoming place, with qualified professionals on hand to offer an evidence-based core programme of support that has been shown to improve physical and emotional wellbeing.

Maggie’s Oldham relies on voluntary donations to develop its unique, high quality programme of support.

The charity’s aim is to make the biggest difference possible to people living with cancer and their family and friends.

To find out more about Maggie’s Oldham and to see how the Centre supports people living with cancer across Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside and beyond, please visit the Centre at Sir Norman Stoller Building, Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, OL1 2JH, or get in touch on 0161 989 0550 / oldham@maggies.org

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