How our readers raised £50,000 for Maggie's

IT HAS been a remarkable year. Since Gordon Brown opened the stunning Maggie's Centre designed by Zaha Hadid last November in the grounds of the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, The Scotsman has been running a series of articles about the work done by the centres. Thanks to our readers, £50,000 has now been raised as a result of our campaign, and more than 2,000 readers have now signed up to give regular donations in the future.

Laura Lee, Maggie's Centre chief executive, wrote to thank The Scotsman readers, saying: "Time and again our staff witness the transformation that happens for people who come through our doors, deeply distressed by a diagnosis of cancer. They find to...