Our Bridgend Distribution Centre has had some major love over the past week with a transformation from top to bottom thanks to a team of incredible apprentices from Western Power Distribution. Read More
As Dying Matters Week draws to a close it has been a good opportunity to reflect on the continued support we at Tŷ Hafan are able to offer to the many bereaved families known to us. Read More
At Tŷ Hafan we’ve been lucky enough to enter into a partnership with National Museum Wales / Amgueddfa Cymru Read More
I’ve always had close links to Tŷ Hafan as it was my previous company’s chosen charity and I’ve had the privilege to visit there numerous times to see the amazing work they do. Read More
This Sunday I’ll be running the London Marathon for Tŷ Hafan in memory of my beautiful son Louis and to say thank-you to Tŷ Hafan for everything they have done for my family. Read More
We were delighted to welcome Vikki and Alun Williams to the hospice last weekend to officially receive the special gifts that they’ve been fundraising for, all in memory of their daughter, Elis Rose. Read More
One of the great things about belonging to Sully Friends is that we keep up friendships that go back to the beginning, meeting socially on a regular basis and working together for a common cause. Read More
The Tŷ Hafan shop in Bridgend has a lovely family atmosphere, and not just because many of the volunteers there have a close bond. Read More
Live Music Now Wales is calling on its supporters to help fund their incredible musical services for another year Read More
Chris Coles is Tŷ Hafan's new Major Giving Manager and gives us an insight into his role and the man himself in this week's #FamilyFriday Read More
Just hours after Osian Liddlell was born, his parents' joy turned to fear, as their precious baby boy was transferred to the neo natal intensive care unit. A rash had spread across his face and body and doctors immediately started carrying out tests to find out why. Read More
When baby Riley came into the world 7 years ago, his parents couldn't wait for him to meet his three older brothers. But as soon as Riley was born, his parents knew something wasn't quite right. Read More
Sisters Molly and Emily bring so much joy and love to their mum and dad's lives, but since they were born, life is not how their parents James and Sarah ever expected it to be. Both girls were born healthy babies two years apart but as time went on, their parents noticed their daughters weren't developing as they should be. Read More
Doctors diagnosed Lilly-May with Leukodystrophy, a life-limiting brain condition that affects the central nervous system, which is responsible for nearly everything we do from our heartbeats to walking. Read More
Luca Pucella was a happy, energetic little boy with an infectious laugh, a wicked sense of humour and a tremendous zest for life. He brought love and joy to the lives of his family, his friends and everyone who knew him. But something made Luca different to other boys. He suffered from a rare, life-limiting condition, and in November 2017, when he was just eleven years old, Luca passed away. Read More
When Dan and Alex's baby son Felix was just a few months old, his parents received the devastating news that their little boy had a life-limiting condition and would never walk, talk or even live past infancy. Read More
Even though Micaela knew she had a high risk pregnancy, she and her partner Matthew had no idea about just how poorly their little boy was going to be. Read More
Elain James was referred to Tyˆ Hafan in January 2011 when she was just 8 months old. Elain was antenatally diagnosed with congenital heart disease, but it wasn’t until she was born that her family knew the full extent of her illness. Tests revealed Elain had multiple, complicated heart conditions and a rare genetic disorder called 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. She also has a permanent feeding tube attached to her stomach. Read More
When Alice was born at 34 weeks, the doctors delivered devastating news to her mum and dad – their newborn baby girl had just 20 minutes to live. Barry and Rebecca had known their daughter was at risk since their 20-week scan had picked up problems, with serious implications for their unborn baby’s safety. But they could never have imagined the difficult road that lay ahead of them. Read More
When baby Ollie was born in June 2014, he wasn’t breathing. So he was resuscitated before being put in the arms of his Mum, Sophie. She and her husband Sean took their precious new-born son home the next day, but for some reason, they knew something wasn’t right. Read More
"The team sorted 725 bags of clothes into men’s, women’s and children’s categories — and with each bag of clothes roughly amounting to £30, they’ve prepared stock that will amount to a staggering £21,180 for Tŷ Hafan." Top work 💪 Read this week's #FamilyFriday about the Western Power Distribution apprentices who transformed our warehouse as part of their community scheme 👇
#TŷHafanRewind this month looks at the evolution of our logo and the thought behind its new look for 2019.
As Dying Matters week draws to a close, we've been reflecting on the importance of continued bereavement support at Tŷ Hafan — ensuring families know that we are there for them as long as they need us. 💚 Read today's #FamilyFriday 👉 bit.ly/2EeiJCY
It's been such a pleasure having the incredible Western Power Distribution team with us at our Bridgend Distribution Centre — the transformation you've made is just mind-blowing! 🤩 Thanks to the team's amazing skills and hard work, we've got a warehouse that is 10x more efficient. The team ran PAT testing, segmented the entire warehouse and sorted donations too (which may have included a little bit of fancy dress... 🧢🕶) We can't thank Western Power enough (and we can't wait to share the transformation photos!)
🎉Exciting news!🎉 Today we are launching a brand new and exclusive event for 2019 - Tread & Trail - a 15 or 30 mile dual discipline, bike and hike challenge! Brave the great Brecon Beacon roads and conquer the Cwm Gwdi trail of Pen Y Fan on 29 September and help make a short life a full life. 🚵♂️🚶♂️For more details and to register for this unique challenge, visit www.tyhafan.org/tread-trail 🚶♂️🚵♂️
Did you know that May is #nationalwalkingmonth? Why not celebrate by getting your walking boots on and trekking for Tŷ Hafan? There's lots of ways you can get involved, including joining us for the incredible #welsh3peaks challenge on 15th June! For more info on walking for us visit https://zurl.co/4Mw6
* LAST FEW TŶ HAFAN SPACES REMAINING * Snap up the final few Tŷ Hafan spaces at the JCP Swansea Half Marathon on the 23 June! 🏃♀️🏃♂️ ⏰: QUICK, you've only got until Saturday to register... email: james.dhale@tyhafan.org for your space. #RunSwansea
Where would we be without our wonderful nurses? Happy #InternationalNursesDay ☺️💚 (with a big shout out to our Tŷ Hafan nurses, of course!)
Ahead of our exciting Family Day at St Fagans National Museum of History tomorrow, our play & therapies lead (A.K.A Buzz Lightyear) has explained a little bit about the fantastic partnership we have with Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd - National Museum Cardiff — to make museums accessible for all 🥰 Read our #FamilyFriday blog here 👉 bit.ly/2VaDTHT
"The team sorted 725 bags of clothes — and with each bag roughly amounting to £30, they prepared stock that will am… https://t.co/hpEYyY6DEq
RT Yesterday we celebrated 20 years of fundraising for @TyHafan. Rob Jones, CEO of Tŷ Hafan, came to talk to us about… https://t.co/Xe54yVdL4d
Only 3 weeks to go until the #welsh3peaks challenge! We can’t wait to have the fantastic @justperfect_catering with… https://t.co/wwi2LZex8q
RT Many hands make light work - that was the motto when 33 apprentices and trainees from @wpduk took on a challenge… https://t.co/Vt6YbWNcHt
RT Great work @EdwardOBrian1 and @tyhafan, working together to improve experience for our young patients. Fantastic s… https://t.co/otsVISdoUK
RT What a challenge... 8 Cyclists, 360 miles in 3 days!! Raising money for @tyhafan in support and memory of the very… https://t.co/MtiocHoMdy
RT As part of the ongoing partnership between @tyhafan and @WelshAmbulance a distraction bag containing games, an… https://t.co/0wMJDFey2T
@lucyyvette So sorry Lucy. Our canvassers should never be pushy so we can only apologise. What area are you in so w… https://t.co/xRIhTAN5DE
RT The support the pupils of Castle School have had from family & friends has been AMAZING! Lovely Helena was a big he… https://t.co/LsNxtHUHHi
RT So lovely to get a visit from the fabulous team at G4S @forder_phil and a surprise cheque for £1000 for @tyhafan… https://t.co/RDCRZFtuVn
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