Marcia Blakenham, Trustee

Marcia Blakenham was born, and still lives, in North London. She was one of the founding trustees of Maggies Centres, a charity which was set up in Edinburgh 1996 to give people with cancer, and those who care for them, an inspirational place to turn to for help with living with a cancer diagnosis. She worked with Maggies for twenty years, where she helped expand the organization to 22 centres on sites across the United Kingdom.

Marcia wants older people to have a similar model of care available to them, based on helping people to help themselves, and believes that Open Age is the organization which can deliver it.