Author: jesspercival
04.07.2025
A legacy of love: Johnny and Michele’s gift to Tŷ Hafan
For Johnny, 64, and Michele, 57, including a gift in their Will to Tŷ Hafan was a simple choice. Both have spent their working lives supporting children and families — Johnny in youth services and education support, Michele in schools...
03.07.2025
“All about me” by Theo
“Hi my name is Theo, I’m 16 years old and live with my mum, dad and my two brothers Rowan and Frank, in Penarth.” “We are one of Tŷ Hafan’s families, my older brother Rhys died when he was 7...
03.07.2025
Ivy-Mai’s story
Excited to become parents, Brooke and her husband Kory were blissfully unaware that their daughter, Ivy-Mai, would be born with complications and need surgery right after birth. “We lost our first baby at 12 weeks into the pregnancy. When they...
03.07.2025
Meet our West Wales Family Support Team
We have a Big Ambition at Tŷ Hafan — to support every family who needs us. Of the families in Wales who live with the unimaginable reality that their child’s life will be short, a shocking 90% currently do so...
03.07.2025
All about memory making
Memory making is an integral part of what we do at Tŷ Hafan. It’s about making positive memories together as a family during what can be an incredibly painful time and creating keepsakes that can be cherished forever. Memory making...
03.07.2025
A day in the life of a Neonatal Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Over the past few years, we’ve seen an increase in the demand for our end-of-life and emergency support services for neonatal babies – babies 4 weeks old or younger. Because of this, in 2023 we created a new role specifically...
03.06.2025
Stories from Tŷ Hafan volunteers
At Tŷ Hafan, there are lots of ways you can support our life-changing services as a volunteer, from working in one of our shops, to helping at events, directly supporting our families or supporting us in the hospice gardens, kitchen...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...