A registered charity George Thomas Hospice Care is a major provider of specialist home based palliative care for those suffering from cancer and other life threatening illnesses with Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Margaret took over as the first full-time Chief Executive of George Thomas Hospice Care in May 2000. Since then she has moved the charity forward to cope with the demands of the 21st Century. The strategy has involved increasing George Thomas Hospice Care’s profile, creating a stable financial base and meeting any demands from the Charity Commission as well as securing fundraising to safeguard the charity’s future. Margaret has reorganised the staffing structure that has made the organisation more effective and efficient. However, perhaps Margaret’s greatest achievement has been to secure funding for and oversee the design, planning, land purchase and building of a new purpose designed £3 million hospice centre that was opened by Prince Charles last year (2005). The new hospice, Ty George Thomas, is a watershed both in the history and development of George Thomas Hospice Care and in palliative care facilities in Cardiff and the Vale. Colleagues say without Margaret’s commitment, endless drive and enthusiasm and strategic planning and business acumen the project would not have been achieved. Part of the secret to her success is simple honest hard work. Margaret does not ask her colleagues to do anything she herself would not be prepared to do.