Author: joe
19.08.2022
Child of Wales Awards 2023
The awards, sponsored by Principality Building Society, were created to recognise the incredible achievements of children and young people across Wales, whilst raising money for charities like Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith which support them. Rachel Ritter, Head of Major...
11.08.2022
Energy services and the Priority Services Register
We are all hearing news every day about the rising costs of gas and electricity to heat, light and fuel our homes and the real risk of even greater price rises for our utilities over the next few months. We understand...
05.08.2022
Shining Bright at the All Stars Hockey!
The weekend was a huge success in more ways than one for the Tŷ Hafan All Stars, as they took part in the annual ice hockey charity tournament at the Ice Arena in Cardiff on Saturday and Sunday. They took...
05.08.2022
Get your tie-dye Double Trouble T-shirts for Tŷ Hafan by Emily here!
My name is Emily Harmsworth and this summer I am making tie-dye t-shirts for children, women, and men in order to fundraise for Tŷ Hafan in memory of my cheeky brother. Peter suddenly passed away in December 2019 at the...
29.07.2022
London Welsh RFC raise £6,000 for Tŷ Hafan
Hundreds of children, parents and grandparents from London Welsh Mini and Youth squads have recently taken part in a virtual event to walk, run, cycle and swim to raise money for Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice. With the youngest participant aged...
25.07.2022
Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice has announced two new senior appointments, strengthening the 23-year-old charity’s executive team
Tracy Jones, Tŷ Hafan’s former Head of Community & Partnerships, has been appointed to the new role of Director of Family Well-being and Outreach Services. This new directorate is a first for children’s hospices in the UK. Maria Timon Samra,...
23.07.2022
“I took on the Taff Trail Cycle Challenge for Tŷ Hafan and now you can too”
“When you have your first child you think everything is going to be rosy,” said Andrew, from Cardiff. “And for the first few weeks everything seemed fine with Oscar. But as he developed, he wasn’t meeting his milestones and as...
22.07.2022
Dads complete gruelling 10nTaff fundraising challenge to raise funds for Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice
The team of eight managed to successfully scale Wales’ 10 highest peaks in just two days, then cycle 53 miles from Brecon to St David’s Hotel in Cardiff Bay on Saturday, completing the whole challenge from start to finish in...
16.07.2022
Next week is #ChildrensHospiceWeek and we’d love your support
Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith are the only two children’s hospices in Wales and we work together very closely. This year’s theme is “For The Children” because that’s why we exist, to provide care and support for children with life-shortening...
15.07.2022
‘Regal’ fundraising at Glastonbury
Founded in 2005, King’s InterHigh, is an independent British international online school offering access to live and recorded lessons from anywhere in the world for primary, secondary and sixth Form students. The colleagues who work for the school based in...
08.07.2022
“I feel like I am doing something positive”
It was exciting to go to last week’s Welsh Youth Parliament meeting as I got to socialise and meet people in the flesh for once, rather than just over Zoom. One of them I know pretty well already, my friend...
01.07.2022
‘This is the hardest thing I have ever done’
You can find out more about the challenge the team have set themselves here: 5in55.co.uk/meet-the-participants We’ve been following their progress on our social media feeds and here are just a few additional photos they’ve taken along the way: Setting off...