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Funding boost from Welsh Government
12.04.2024
It has been announced today that Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, Wales’s two children’s hospices, are set to receive a combined funding boost of £770,000 from the Welsh Government. Here is our
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Vaughan Gething visits our Penarth shop
28.03.2024
On Friday 22nd March, Tŷ Hafan was delighted to welcome Vaughan Gething, Senedd Member for Cardiff South and Penarth and the new First Minister of Wales, to our charity shop in Penarth. Tracy
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New Chief Executive appointment
11.03.2024
Tŷ Hafan is delighted to announce the appointment of Irfon Rees, as its new Chief Executive. He will take up the role in June. Irfon has extensive experience leading multi-profession teams within UK
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Our big ambition
04.03.2024
Since we began supporting families in 1999, Tŷ Hafan has supported 1,097 children and families through life, death and beyond. As we reflect on the past 25 years, we acknowledge how much has been ach
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Tŷ Hafan marks 25 years since first opening its doors
25.01.2024
Today, Thursday January 25, is exactly 25 years to the day since Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice first opened its doors to children with life-shortening conditions, and their families, in Wales. The
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02.10.2023
News from the hospice
Meet Katie Katie has joined the team as Youth Social Action and Participation Practitioner. This new role ensures the voices of our young people remain paramount. As well as setting up a Youth Board, Katie recently took a young person to present their ideas...
02.10.2023
Introducing… The Founder’s Legacy Den Garden!
The Den, and now its adjoining garden area, is a hideaway for the young people who come to the hospice (aka ‘the squad’!), and they designed the new garden almost entirely themselves. The design process began with consultations with the...
25.09.2023
Sustainable Fashion Week starts today
Today sees the start of Sustainable Fashion Week and the charity shops run by Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice are hoping for another bumper trading period. The charity’s 18 shops are located across West, South and East Wales and income generated...
15.09.2023
This fearless foursome jumped 15,000 ft for Tŷ Hafan!
Cardiff-based truck retailer, Watts Truck & Van, has some plucky employees who have kindly undertaken a fundraising challenge in support of Tŷ Hafan. Four brave members of the Watts Trucks & Van sales team, Jo Bradley, Gareth Rees, Kris Seddon...
12.09.2023
Statement on proposed holiday park on Hayes Road
Four weeks ago, Tŷ Hafan was formally notified that a planning application had been submitted for the land directly between our hospice and Beechwood College. While the site owner’s plans for a holiday park continue to be ‘talked up’ on...
08.09.2023
We’ve partnered with Harries Watkins Jones Wills & Probate this Remember a Charity Week!
Tŷ Hafan is delighted to be working with Harries Watkins Jones Wills & Probate, a local firm of wills and probate specialists with offices in Cardiff and Bridgend, to help promote and raise awareness of the option of leaving a...
05.09.2023
Street food vendor opportunity at this Saturday’s Fun Day
We have a last-minute opportunity for a street food vendor to join us for our Family Fun Day this Saturday, September 9. A space has become available for a hot food vendor in the grounds of Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice...
04.09.2023
The search is on for 25 intrepid Welsh rugby-loving cyclists for Tŷ Hafan
The search is on for 25 intrepid Welsh rugby-loving cyclists to undertake the Ride To The Rugby Challenge 2024 for Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice. As Wales prepare for their Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji, you could be watching them...
31.08.2023
Fathers and friends to take on BikeBoatBoot Challenge for Tŷ Hafan
A group of Tŷ Hafan dads and male friends have announced their latest fundraising challenge for the hospice – to cycle, hike and row the length of Wales in just four days. The #BikeBoatBoot Challenge is the third extreme challenge...
31.08.2023
Cheers! The Great British Food Festival is supporting Tŷ Hafan
Calling all foodies! This Saturday and Sunday (2 and 3rd September) the Great British Food Festival returns to Margam Park and this year festival goers will not only get to celebrate the very best of food and drink – but...
25.08.2023
Go, Kooko! One of our youngest fundraisers walks for Tŷ Hafan three years on the trot
All the way back in August 2021, Kooko decided to take part in the Walk a day in their shoes challenge to raise money for Tŷ Hafan. Kooko, along with her mum, Ceri, walked an admirable five miles and...
25.08.2023
Banish those back to school blues!
It might be back to school soon but that doesn’t mean that summer fun is over. Postponed from its original date in July due to unseasonally high winds and driving rain, Tŷ Hafan’s annual Family Fun Day will now take place...