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A photo of Tŷ Hafan's ice hockey team captain Scott Smith-Myers, holding a "proud to support Tŷ Hafan" sign next to our metal giving tree
28.05.2025

Introducing Tŷ Hafan’s All Stars hockey captain for 2025

Scott has been playing ice hockey for three years and first played for the Tŷ Hafan ice hockey team at the All Stars charity event in 2022. What made you want to get involved in the All Stars charity ice...
A photo of the den sign
27.05.2025

A space to be a teenager at Tŷ Hafan

Being a teenager can be a challenging and exciting time. If you’re a teenager with complex needs, like the young people supported by Tŷ Hafan, things are even more complicated and come with a unique set of challenges. It can...
A photo of a long table at Mowglis Street Food with lots of small bowls of ingredients. You can see the hands of children making meals from the ingredients
27.05.2025

SuperSibs cook up a storm at Mowgli Morning Masterclass

In April, our amazing corporate partner, Mowgli Street Food Bridgend, treated a group of our SuperSibs to a ‘Mowgli Morning Masterclass’. Lauren, Charity Champion, and Katie, Deputy Manager, gave the siblings a cooking masterclass. Then, they rolled up their sleeves...
Runners taking part in a marathon
17.04.2025

Meet our Tŷ Hafan London Marathon 2025 runners

Perhaps one of the most iconic marathons in the world, the 2025 London Marathon is taking place on Sunday, April 27. Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice is privileged to have 11 people taking on this epic challenge in order to raise...
A comparison of a garden before and after. Before. it's overgrown with trees and brambles. After, it's clear and you can see the ground
14.04.2025

Celebrating our Family Support Volunteer gardeners this National Gardening Day

When you have a child with a life-shortening condition, it’s hard to find enough time in the day to juggle your child’s care and appointments with tasks like tidying up the garden. Our ambition is that when a child’s life...
Diane plays the flute to baby Dewi, while Gemma holds him
10.04.2025

World Music Therapy Week 2025

Each year, World Music Therapy Week runs from Thursday 10th April to Tuesday 15th April. It’s an opportunity to shine a light on what music therapy is and the impact this wonderful form of therapy can have. What is music...
Therapeutic Playworker Karen plays with bells with Mason during a sensory story
06.03.2025

World Book Day 2025 – Storytelling at Tŷ Hafan

Today is World Book Day and this year’s theme is Read Your Way. Exploring the different ways children can enjoy stories is something we put into practise every day at Tŷ Hafan. Not all the children who come to our...
A photo of Callum (on the left) and Kelcea (on the right) with a white bear between them
28.02.2025

“I didn’t have anyone to talk to” (Rare Disease Day 2025)

“My son Callum was just six when he died in December 2018,” says Amie. “He had Ohtahara Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, which meant he could have anything up to 19 seizures a day.” When she got Callum’s diagnosis,...