Maggie’s cancer support centre in Yorkshire has been named in TimeOut as one of the world’s most beautiful buildings.
The report, published last week, was ranked the planet’s “most pleasing, fascinating and impressive” buildings, and included iconic sites such as the Taj Mahal and Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia.
Maggie’s, Yorkshire, which was built in 2019 and is based in the grounds of St James’s Hospital in Leeds, was described as “comforting and stunning” by Time Out’s travel writer.
Maggie’s is a cancer charity providing free emotional, practical and psychological support to people with cancer, as well as their friends and family. The first Maggie’s support centre opened in 1996 and there are now 24 centres around the country, with 3 more set to open in 2025.
No appointment is needed, and people can simply drop in to speak to fully trained clinical psychologists, benefits advisers and cancer support specialists. For more information, visit maggies.org.
Dame Laura Lee DBE, chief executive of cancer support charity Maggie’s:
“It is wonderful that Maggie’s, Yorkshire has been recognised as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, highlighting the incredible work of our architects, as well as acknowledging the value of the expert support our centre staff offer to thousands of people with cancer every year.
All of our 24 centres in the UK are carefully designed to be warm and welcoming places where people with cancer, and their friends and family, can receive support from staff, meet others going through a similar experience or simply find a moment of a quiet when dealing with the fear and uncertainty a cancer diagnosis often brings.
Those who visit our centres tell us time and again we pick them up when they are at rock bottom and help them find a way, not just to survive, but to thrive, and we would encourage anyone who is living with cancer, as well as their friends and family, to drop in to one of centres.”
