Together, we're making a difference in the lives of people affected by cancer
Blixen Travel is honored to partner with and support Maggie's, a remarkable charity that provides free cancer support and information in centres across the UK and online.
Every journey we help you plan contributes to this vital cause, ensuring that people affected by cancer receive the practical, emotional, and social support they need.
Helping provide cancer support across the UK
Every booking contributes to life-changing support
Our partnership with Maggies
A vision born from personal experience that has touched countless lives
Our founder Maggie Keswick Jencks used her own experience of having cancer to create a new type of cancer care. When Maggie was 47, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and five years later, in May 1993, she was told that it had returned.
After receiving this devastating news, Maggie and her husband Charles Jencks were moved to a windowless corridor where they were left to process the information. They discussed the need for somewhere 'better' for people with cancer to go—a place that was outside of, but nearby to, the hospital.
Maggie and Charles designed the blueprint for the centres together, enlisting the help of friends from the architectural world. The first Maggie's opened in Edinburgh in 1996.
Maggie sadly died shortly before the first centre opened, but with the support of Charles and her medical team, including her cancer nurse Laura Lee (Maggie's Chief Executive), her vision lives on.
We now have a network of centres across the UK and abroad, each one designed to provide the practical, emotional, and social support that Maggie envisioned.
"Above all what matters is not to lose the joy of living in the fear of dying."
- Maggie Keswick Jencks
Maggie was a writer, gardener, and designer whose creativity and spirit touched everyone who knew her. Her vision extended far beyond architecture and gardens, she believed in creating spaces that could heal, comfort, and inspire.
Used words to inspire and educate
Believed in the healing power of nature
Created spaces that nurture the soul
Visit the Maggie's website to discover their incredible work, find your nearest centre, and learn how you can get involved or donate.
