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26.09.2024

The latest news from our care services

Adapting our services Right now, we only reach 1 in 10 children in Wales with a life-shortening condition. Our ambition is that when a child’s life will be short, no family should have to live it on their own. To...

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26.09.2024

‘All about me’ by Math

Hello. My name is Math and I am 9 years old. I am in Year 4 and I’m on the cricket team at my school. I am a fluent Welsh speaker, and I am a member of the Tŷ Hafan...

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25.09.2024

Sophie’s memory jars

One popular activity with families is making memory jars, which are a beautiful, creative way to remember loved ones, so Sophie, our Play Therapy Assistant, is showing you how to make them! You’ll need A bag of table salt Coloured...

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25.09.2024

Home education TÅ· Hafan style!

Katie Simmons has taken on the role of Children’s Rights and Education Practitioner, making sure that the children who access Tŷ Hafan can also access an appropriate education. Katie can offer a time-limited programme of regular lessons, either in the...

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25.09.2024

A day in the life of… a Lead Nurse

“I usually do early shifts with a 7 am start or late shifts which start at 1.30 pm. My day starts by making sure that the right staff are allocated to the children based on their skills and what the...

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25.09.2024

Daniel’s story

Daniel was my youngest child, and little brother to Hannah, Charlotte and Ethan. Except he wasn’t little! At 14, Daniel was over 6ft tall and blossoming into a fine young man. He was cheeky, funny and a total joker. He...
Ty Hafan A Walk To Remember 2024 - Penarth Pier to Ty Hafan in Sully

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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

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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

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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...

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05.09.2024

Barry’s Precious Memories Memorial Garden opens 

Tŷ Hafan’s new Precious Memories Memorial Garden was officially opened yesterday (Weds 4 Sept) by the charity’s Chief Executive Irfon Rees, the Mayor of Barry, Cllr Catherine Iannucci-Williams, and Cllr Elliot Penn, the Mayor of the Vale of Glamorgan. The...

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01.08.2024

Care team to tackle 25k for 25 years

Thirty members of TÅ· Hafan’s care team are gearing up to walk 25 kilometres from the centre of Cardiff to the charity’s hospice in Sully next month in a bid to raise £10,000. The ‘25k for 25 years’ challenge will...
The team from Principality Building Society won TÅ· Hafan's Football Fives 2023 tournament

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30.07.2024

Just nine spaces left for Football Fives

TÅ· Hafan’s Football Fives is back and is bringing businesses together for a feast of five-a-side football and fundraising on Thursday 26 September. Sponsored by V12 Retail Finance, this year’s day-long tournament will take place at Gôl, Lawrenny Avenue, Cardiff...

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11.07.2024

The Royal Mint announces TÅ· Hafan partnership

The Royal Mint has announced TÅ· Hafan and 2wish as its official charity partners, chosen by employees. Over the next two years, The Royal Mint will organise a range of fundraising events and initiatives and enhance positive links between employees...
The Bie Boat Boot team reflect in Ty Hafan's Memorial Garden

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03.07.2024

‘One foot in front of the other, regardless of the circumstances’

As the enormity of what they have achieved sinks in, the nine dads, uncles and friends supported by Tŷ Hafan who undertook the mammoth Bike Boat Boot extreme fundraising challenge have been reflecting on the past few days.  The team...

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30.06.2024

And they’ve (almost) done it!

Nine intrepid dads, uncles and friends supported by Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice are today (Sunday) set to complete their latest extreme fundraising challenge – having hiked, cycled and kayaked 200 miles from North to South Wales in just four days.  Tŷ...
The Bike Boat Boot Team before setting off on June 26 2024

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26.06.2024

And they’re (almost) off!

This morning (Wednesday 26 June) nine intrepid dads, uncles and friends supported by Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice have set off to travel to Conwy in North Wales as they prepare to undertake their latest extreme fundraising challenge.  Tŷ Hafan fathers...
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25.06.2024

Cause related marketing: support TÅ· Hafan as a business

Cause related marketing agreements are a flexible and impactful way of raising money and awareness. This is where a set proportion of the money brought in from the sale of a particular product or service is donated to TÅ· Hafan....

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21.06.2024

TÅ· Hafan thanks Senedd members for their support

Wales’ two children’s hospices unfurled a giant butterfly, partly made by the children they care for, on the steps of the Senedd as they called again for the Welsh Government to commit to sustainable funding. The cloth #ReachEveryChild butterfly artwork...
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