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It’s Ava versus Pen-y-Fan for Tŷ Hafan
16.05.2025
This Saturday (May 17) 9-year-old Ava is going to attempt to climb the highest peak in South Wales twice and in just five hours! Ava, from Newport, has been inspired by her dad Andrew, who is a member
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Accessible technology makes all the difference
14.05.2025
“May 15 is Global Accessibility Day, but technology has always been key to our lives every day,” writes Emily Williams, 16, Youth Parliament Member for Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, and big s
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Independent Healthcare Inspection Report (Announced) Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice
08.05.2025
May 12 (Monday) is International Nurses Day and to mark the occasion this year (2025) Tŷ Hafan Childrens Hospice is sharing its most recent Independent Healthcare Inspection Report by Healthcare Insp
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Check out our fantastic new community van!
02.05.2025
BEEP BEEP! We’ve had a very exciting morning! Our team headed to Euro Commercials, where our wonderful long-term supporters unveiled our brand-new community van, in our lovely updated branding! Je
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“Running is my switch off time”
28.04.2025
Bridgend dad Chris Connor will be taking on the Brecon Carreg Porthcawl 10K for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice this July – and is urging others to sign up to run for Tŷ Hafan too. “I started runn
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21.10.2022
Tŷ Hafan determined to keep doors open despite energy crisis
The Chief Executive of Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice has welcomed the update from the UK Government on short-term limited relief for spiraling energy bills but warns that this may not be enough to meet the needs of children with life-shortening...
Family Stories
20.10.2022
Thomas’s Story
“Until autumn 2017, Thomas was a normal eight-year-old boy,” says dad James Meacham, from Blackwood. “He was very fit, he studied karate, he was intelligent, a keen reader of David Walliams and Harry Potter, a total Star Wars geek and...
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20.10.2022
Marshall’s story
“My name is Susan and I live in Bridgend with my two sons, Tyler, 16 and Marshall who is 13. “Tyler is your typical teenager but life has worked out rather differently for his little brother. “Marshall was born full...
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20.10.2022
Darcy’s Story
“My middle child, Darcy, was born with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome,” says father of three Matt Evans. “This means she has developmental delay. Darcy is five but is the size of an 18-month-old child. She was born with a cleft lip and...
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20.10.2022
Alice’s Story
“Alice is our firstborn but midway through my pregnancy with her my husband, Ian, and I were told something wasn’t quite right,” says mum Hannah Hicks, from Cardiff. “The scan at 20 weeks picked up some issues, and weeks later,...
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20.10.2022
Gethin’s Story
Gethin Channon is three and a half and the adored son of Siân and Rob, and beloved little brother to eight-year-old Ffion. The family live in Swansea and have been using Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice for three years after a...
Ty Hafan
13.10.2022
Welcoming The King to Wales as Head of State
We are looking forward to joining Members of the Senedd, Members of the Welsh Youth Parliament including our own representative 13-year-old Seth Burke, and representatives from communities across Wales in welcoming Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort to Wales tomorrow. The King is making his first visit to Wales as...
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23.09.2022
seth gives keynote speech to global disability summit 2022
The Global Disability Summit event, sponsored by the Charity Include Me Too, the Commonwealth Children & Young People Disability Network and the Group Network of Young Persons with Disabilities, brought together young people from across the world to discuss their...
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23.09.2022
‘Substantial donation’ for Tŷ Hafan
Mr Jephson, who was private secretary to the Princess from 1988 to 1996, received an undisclosed sum from the BBC, the proceeds of a settlement. This follows the publication of the Dyson Report into the means by which disgraced former...
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23.09.2022
The hunt for Tŷ Hafan £2,000 Lottery Winner
The winning ticket – number 000074 – for the weekly Crackerjackpot Jackpot draw was bought in Tŷ Hafan’s shop on High Street, Lampeter, on 29 July at 11:46. The buyer paid cash and also bought an item of jewellery from...
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23.09.2022
Tŷ Hafan determined to keep doors open despite energy crisis
Speaking on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show Maria Timon Samra, Chief Executive of Tŷ Hafan, said: “We’ve been hit with £500,000 annual increase on our energy £100,000 quote – that’s to cover our hospice, our office and our 19...
Ty Hafan
15.09.2022
Welcoming The King to Wales as Head of State
We are looking forward to joining Members of the Senedd, Members of the Welsh Youth Parliament including our own representative 13-year-old Seth Burke, and representatives from communities across Wales in welcoming Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort to Wales tomorrow. The King is making his first visit to Wales as...
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12.09.2022
Message of condolence from Tŷ Hafan to King Charles III
All of us at Tŷ Hafan, the children’s hospice charity in South Wales, are deeply grateful for your support of charities and volunteering – whether as a patron, advocate, and champion. Simply said, few of us can ever hope to...
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08.09.2022
Statement from Tŷ Hafan on the death of Her Majesty The Queen
King Charles III has been a loyal Patron of Tŷ Hafan since 2001. Maria Timon Samra, Chief Executive of Tŷ Hafan, said, “As we contemplate the sad news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, on behalf of the...
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07.09.2022
Energy costs ‘hugely challenging’ to Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice
Tŷ Hafan provides vital care and support for almost 300 children with life-shortening conditions and their families at its hospice in Sully, near Cardiff, and in the children’s homes and communities across West, Mid and South Wales. It currently costs...
Family friday
02.09.2022
Tŷ Hafan is particularly special to us
“The Red Dragon Centre supports many charities each year, but Tŷ Hafan is particularly special to us. “We feel passionate about supporting a charity which offers such outstanding comfort and care to young people and their families here in Wales....
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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...
Family friday
23.08.2022
Team Neshy go ‘running up that road’ for Tŷ Hafan
Tŷ Hafan is so much more than a hospice and a place for respite. They have been a shining light to our family supporting us through some tragic and challenging events. During our stays at Tŷ Hafan, my daughter Jennesha...
