Author: joe
24.06.2022
“We’ll be suffering for 55 hours, our children go through so much more”. Tŷ Hafan dad Matt shares his thoughts on the 10nTaff
By day, Matt Evans from Swansea, is a vehicles trainer for the DVLA in Swansea. Every other hour of the day, when he’s not helping wife Fiona to care for their three children Aubree, 7, five-year-old Darcy and Oakley, 3,...
23.06.2022
Tŷ Hafan is our lifeline and has helped us the most
Ahead of Children’s Hospice Week, we caught up with them again last month to see how their lives have progressed. “We moved into our home in Usk just over a year ago to be near family,” says Khloe. “Since...
23.06.2022
The principality charity shop challenge
The Challenge has seen staff from Principality branches across south Wales partnering and volunteering in our Tŷ Hafan shops, and similarly with Tŷ Gobaith in north Wales, with the goal of generating sales and raising awareness of Children’s Hospice Week...
23.06.2022
Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith Host Drop-in Session for Members of the Senedd
The event, which was a drop-in session for Members to meet with representatives from Wales’ only two children’s hospices, was an opportunity to discuss our services, the challenges the families we support are facing amidst the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and...
20.06.2022
Children’s Hospice Week starts today and this year’s theme is #ForTheChildren
Today marks the start of a busy Children’s Hospice Week, the one week of the year when there is a sustained focus on the work of all 54 children’s hospices throughout the UK, including Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith in...
17.06.2022
Three cheers for principality’s Welsh 3 Peaks team!
What inspired you to do the Three Peaks Challenge for Tŷ Hafan Savita: Tŷ Hafan is very important to us as a family, I lost my nephew back in 2004 when he was just four years old. He was in...
10.06.2022
Going the Distance for Tŷ Hafan
In 2017 I did my first ‘challenge’ if you like. I had just had my first daughter Jessica, I was overweight and hadn’t really done much exercise since injury stopped me playing rugby. James arranged a big group of colleagues...
23.05.2022
15 years after I first came here as a child, I’m a nurse working at Tŷ Hafan
International Nurses Day is an international day observed around the world on 12 May each year, to mark the contributions that nurses make to society. Tŷ Hafan’s 80-strong care team includes specialist palliative care nurses, healthcare support assistants, complementary therapists,...
27.04.2022
Tŷ Hafan’s weddings day event – for dresses that, quite literally, don’t cost the earth
Our Tŷ Hafan charity shop in Abergavenny has a dedicated bridal wear section and on Saturday 30 April will be hosting a special wedding-themed day to launch the huge range of new and preloved stock now in store. Our volunteer...
27.04.2022
Greenfingers opens new sensory garden at tŷ hafan children’s hospice
Designed by multi-RHS gold medal-winning garden designers, Victoria Wade Landscapes; brought to life by NP Landscapes; and project managed by Joe Wade, this new interactive sensory garden space – funded by The National Heritage Lottery, The Postcode Lottery and many...
15.04.2022
Superted becomes Tŷ Hafan’s newest celebrity ambassador
In the coming weeks and months, SuperTed will be on a very special mission for Tŷ Hafan, flying around Wales with the aid of his secret magic word and his friend Spotty and his cosmic dust, to help support our...
07.04.2022
daffodils and tulips add welcome splash of colour
March arrived and we celebrated St David’s Day with a wonderful show of daffodils dancing in the breeze. The tulips came out too – adding another welcome splash of colour to the hospice gardens. What a sight and one that...