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01.09.2022
Win £100 worth of fabulous pre-loved clothing!
We have two initiatives going on throughout Sustainable Fashion Week 2022 and both totally free of charge and hopefully useful as well as fun. Both are also designed to encourage us all to do as much as we can when...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...