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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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Family friday
19.08.2022
Intrepid Ian, 84, scales the heights for Tŷ Hafan
Last week, on one of the hottest days of the year, veteran charity fundraiser Ian Waddell successfully climbed a 701-metre high mountain in Abergavenny. Despite suffering from severe osteoarthritis, and all the challenges posed by the incredibly hot weather, 84-year-old...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Family friday
29.07.2022
London Welsh RFC raise £6,000 for Tŷ Hafan
Hundreds of children, parents and grandparents from London Welsh Mini and Youth squads have recently taken part in a virtual event to walk, run, cycle and swim to raise money for Tŷ Hafan children’s hospice. With the youngest participant aged...
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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,...
Family friday
23.07.2022
“I took on the Taff Trail Cycle Challenge for Tŷ Hafan and now you can too”
“When you have your first child you think everything is going to be rosy,” said Andrew, from Cardiff. “And for the first few weeks everything seemed fine with Oscar. But as he developed, he wasn’t meeting his milestones and as...
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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...
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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...
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15.07.2022
‘Regal’ fundraising at Glastonbury
Founded in 2005, King’s InterHigh, is an independent British international online school offering access to live and recorded lessons from anywhere in the world for primary, secondary and sixth Form students. The colleagues who work for the school based in...
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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...
Family friday
01.07.2022
‘This is the hardest thing I have ever done’
You can find out more about the challenge the team have set themselves here: 5in55.co.uk/meet-the-participants We’ve been following their progress on our social media feeds and here are just a few additional photos they’ve taken along the way: Setting off...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
