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Join Antonia in supporting Kitchen Table Day for Maggie's Oldham

Maggie's Oldham supporter Antonia Diggle.

On Friday 25 March, hundreds of people across the UK will be taking part in Kitchen Table Day for Maggie's cancer centres. In Oldham, your local centre is appealing for support. 

The centre, based at The Royal Oldham Hospital, offers free practical and psychological support to anyone affected by cancer, and their loved ones. It needs help to continue to be there for people with cancer when they need it most. 

Supporters can host any event, as long as it is centred around a kitchen table, which are at the heart of every Maggie’s centre. Sign-ups this year include a pizza and prosecco party, a cake sale at work, and even a cheese and beer evening.

Events can be held on 25 March or a date that works for you. 

Maggie’s Oldham supporter Antonia Diggle will be holding her first Kitchen Table Day and had this to say: "Really looking forward to holding my event for Maggie’s Oldham, a great excuse for us to invite friends and family over.

"We’re going to be making fresh pizzas to order, from ‘Diggleo’s’ Pizzeria! Everyone will be bringing their own cakes to sell and we will have plenty of games and challenges along the way. We might even throw in some orange fancy dress. What will you do?” 

People can register for a free pack, t-shirt and bunting at maggies.org/kitchentableday and are encouraged to share photos of their event on social media using the hashtag #kitchentableday 

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. 

Maggie’s Oldham relies on voluntary donations to develop its programme of support. The charity’s aim is to make the biggest difference possible to people living with cancer and their family and friends.

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