Author: sarahroberts

11.12.2024

New TÅ· Hafan shop to open in Lampeter

Tŷ Hafan staff, volunteers and supporters will be coming together in Lampeter this Saturday morning (14 Dec) to celebrate the opening of the charity’s new shop in the town. Local family 18-month-old Nel Humphreys, her big sister Maisie, 10, and...
10.12.2024

Emily, 16, elected to Welsh Youth Parliament

A North Wales student has been elected to the Welsh Youth Parliament to represent children with life-threatening conditions who use Wales’ two children’s hospices, and their brothers and sisters. 16-year-old Emily Williams knows only too well the challenges that face...
06.12.2024

Welsh stars get TÅ· Hafan’s December off to festive start

Bafta Cymru winning actor Callum Scott Howells, Treorchy Male Choir and some incredibly talented teenagers from Treorchy Comprehensive School have got December off to a festive start for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice. Callum, Treorchy Comprehensive Choir and Treorchy Male Choir...
12.11.2024

Welsh 3 Peaks for TÅ· Hafan registration now open

Registration is now open for the 2025 Welsh 3 Peaks challenge event in aid of Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice. Open to teams of four walkers and one designated driver the event will take place on Saturday June 7 and will...
07.11.2024

Morrisons partnership raises £10,722,514

A partnership between the UK’s leading children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives and Morrisons has raised £10,722,514 in just two years and nine months. Through the support of local Morrisons stores and sites, £10,722,514 has been raised for...
04.11.2024

We can’t get our beloved Winnie and Violet back

Winnie Griffiths and Violet Taylor were the longed-for first baby girls in their respective families, both little sisters to two older brothers. Born within months of each other in 2022, Winnie from Llanelli and Violet from Caerphilly were adored by...
30.10.2024

‘Thank you to everyone who has given so generously’

We recently welcomed a number of funders to our hospice to see for themselves the impact of their donations. Representatives from companies including Principality Building Society and V12 Retail Finance were the first visitors to explore significant upgrades to three...
11.10.2024

86-year-old Ian’s climb tops £1,000

Over the last five years 86-year-old Ian Waddell has taken part in a few challenges in support of Tŷ Hafan – climbing different mountains across south Wales. Despite having raised more than £4,000 already and now suffering from severe osteoarthritis and...
Irfon Rees pre Cardiff Half Marathon
04.10.2024

Good luck to all our Cardiff Half runners

This Sunday, over 200 people will run the Cardiff Half Marathon for Tŷ Hafan – a record number of entrants for our charity for this event and together they have raised more than £60,000 so far. Among them are Tŷ...
Ty Hafan A Walk To Remember 2024 - Penarth Pier to Ty Hafan in Sully
20.09.2024

Beautiful morning for ‘A Walk to Remember’

Tŷ Hafan’s first ever ‘A Walk to Remember’ event has, so far, raised more than £7,000. Last Saturday (14 September) Stol Coffee kindly provided the pre-walk coffees at Penarth Pier before a 28-strong group set off at dawn on the...
Becky Davies with her late brother Nathan
16.09.2024

‘With each step I take, I carry my brother’s spirit alongside me’

A 29-year-old woman from St Mellons is taking on the Principality Cardiff Half Marathon in memory of her brother. Becky Davies will be doing so to raise money for TÅ· Hafan to give back to the charity that she said...
Ty Hafan's care team set off on their 25k for 25 years walk at Roath Park Lake
10.09.2024

Care team’s walk raises £15,000

On Sunday, in driving winds and heavy rain, nearly 30 nurses and care team members from TÅ· Hafan Children’s Hospice completed their ’25km for 25 years’ fundraising challenge, walking from Roath Park to the hospice in Sully, raising more than...