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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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Meet our Tŷ Hafan London Marathon 2025 runners
17.04.2025
Perhaps one of the most iconic marathons in the world, the 2025 London Marathon is taking place on Sunday, April 27. Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice is privileged to have 11 people taking on this epic
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Paul’s Everest Base Camp Challenge for Tŷ Hafan
17.04.2025
Today, Thursday (17th April), Tŷ Hafan dad Paul Fears will take on one of the biggest physical challenges of his life. Paul, from Church Village and a long-time supporter of Tŷ Hafan, will start the
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Celebrating our Family Support Volunteer gardeners this National Gardening Day
14.04.2025
When you have a child with a life-shortening condition, it’s hard to find enough time in the day to juggle your child’s care and appointments with tasks like tidying up the garden. Our ambition is
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Thinking about Tŷ Hafan’s Big Welsh Bike Ride?
14.04.2025
On September 12, Nickie Morris will be setting off for what promises to be the bike ride of a lifetime, taking on the Big Welsh Bike Ride for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice. Here Nickie explains i
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10.01.2025
Thrill-seekers wanted to ‘hot foot it’ for Tŷ Hafan
Thrill-seekers are wanted to ‘hot foot it’ into the first big challenge event of the year for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice. Tŷ Hafan’s Firewalk Fundraiser will take place in the early evening of Sunday 9 March at the Cardiff City...
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11.12.2024
New Tŷ 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...
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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...
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06.12.2024
Welsh stars get Tŷ 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...
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12.11.2024
Welsh 3 Peaks for Tŷ 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...
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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...
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06.11.2024
How Play Therapy helps children through bereavement
At Tŷ Hafan, Play Therapy is one of the ways we help children facing bereavement, whether that’s for a sibling who’s dealing with their brother or sister’s death or for a child who’s going to have a short life. Play...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 Tŷ 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...
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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...
