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Volunteer fundraiser recognised with cancer centre name

Howard Lake

Howard Lake | 16 July 2004 | News

Seventy-nine year old Peggy Wood MBE from Maidstone has had a new cancer centre named after her after she raised over £3 million for it.

She began fundraising in 1981 after her grandson developed leukaemia.

The new treatment centre has been named the Peggy Wood Breast Care Centre.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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