LCW Wales 2024 Official Charity Partner – Introducing Maggie’s

The team at LCW Wales is proud to announce Maggie’s Swansea as the new “Official Charity Partner” of LCW Wales in an exciting new deal.

Located at Singleton Hospital, Maggie's Swansea provides free practical, emotional, and social support to people with cancer, as well as their families and friends. The centre works in collaboration with conventional cancer therapies, offering a caring environment to provide support, information, and practical advice.  This includes financial and benefits advice, support with treatment decisions, and access to other cancer services.

In addition, Maggie's Swansea also provides nutrition workshops, complementary therapies, and other services.  The professional team at Maggie’s Swansea includes cancer support specialists, clinical psychologists, benefits advisors, and a dedicated fundraising team. Maggie’s receives no NHS funding and is reliant on fundraising support so that Maggie’s can provide support to anyone living with cancer.

All LCW charity partnerships focus on key, essential services with the community with well-being and mental health at the forefront of our offerings. Maggie’s fits these objectives perfectly and we are very excited to be working with them on this new partnership.

Whilst we aim to raise the profile of Maggie’s across Wales and particularly the West, the partnership also includes a range of entries that Maggie’s will be offering to selected fundraisers in order for them to raise vital funds. 

Lucia Osmond, Centre Fundraising Manager, who was instrumental in securing the partnership, had the following to say on the new partnership:

“On behalf of the team at Maggie’s Swansea, I am delighted to secure the partnership with LCW. Many of our supporters love challenge events and the LCW is another exciting opportunity that we can now offer in 2024. As a service, we want to reach as many people as we can living with cancer in South and West Wales. The partnership with LCW will enable us to raise more awareness in West Wales; as well as securing vital funds. The team at Maggie’s Swansea is very excited that our collaboration can help us achieve this.”

The LCW Partnership team have been working tirelessly to secure partnerships that align with our vision and core values, with the local community and the Long Course Legacy Programme at the forefront of these ambitions. We’re proud to have Maggie’s Swansea join us on this journey and look forward to working closely with their amazing team to maximise both their “At Event” and digital offerings.

Global Relations Manager @ Long Course Weekend Oliver Duckett was full of praise for the new partnership:

“To secure Maggie’s Swansea as an Official Charity Partner is a great testament to our core values and the incredible work the charity undertakes with cancer patients and their families. Visiting the centre first-hand and seeing the important work the teams do there was really a privilege and we’re very excited to be assisting them raise brand awareness and raise vital funds for their ongoing success. We know our loyal athletes will get behind them and support their objectives.”

LCW Wales is now one of the biggest multisport events in the Northern hemisphere, live-streamed across the globe and attracting 12,000 athletes and 30,000 spectators during the 4-day festival weekend. The Long Course Weekend brand is now established in Australia, New Zealand, Mallorca, Holland, Belgium and Yorkshire with brand-new and exclusive host countries to be announced shortly.

LCW Wales will take place from 21^st June – 23^rd June 2024 with the electric Athlete Village and a record number of athletes. With the event attracting over 12,000 athletes and 30,000 spectators, who will descend on Tenby for 4 days of multisport racing in the UK’s only coastal National Park, the 13^th edition is certainly one not to be missed!

www.maggies.org

www.lcwwales.com

www.longcourseweekend.com