The weather forecast was terrible, and Covid social distancing was still necessary. But yesterday, the sun shone on Tŷ Hafan in just about every way when 45 colleagues walked the equivalent of 7.8 marathons around the hospice grounds – and all on top of their day jobs. Read More
Lockdown did not deter our amazing friends at Ely Rangers FC from keeping fit, or from raising money for their favourite charity, Tŷ Hafan. Read More
In this week’s blog Brian Medley, who started volunteering as a gardener for Tŷ Hafan during lockdown last summer, shares what he gets from gardening for Tŷ Hafan. Read More
Say ‘Hello’ to Buttons The Elephant, our newest member of Team Tŷ Hafan. Buttons is very possibly our first supporter with four legs and is most definitely our first supporter with a trunk! Read More
Aberystwyth-based Bridget and her daughter Elain, share their experiences tackling, and succeeding to complete last year’s Marathon in May. Read More
LCpl Connah Bason, who is originally from Llanelli, is currently deployed in Kabul. He celebrated St David’s Day very differently this year and all in aid of Tŷ Hafan. Read More
Four-year-old Esmai was diagnosed with CHARGE Syndrome shortly after she was born and has been using Tŷ Hafan's services since 2017. Read More
Tricia Jones completes her very own 2,000 mile odyssey to help keep fundraising for Tŷ Hafan through lockdown. Read More
Phae took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to share with us why she wanted to work for Tŷ Hafan and what she hopes to achieve in her new role. Read More
Karen decorated a Winter Wonderland for Karen’s children. With each passing year, people started to stop by her house to enjoy her lights. Read More
Harley, a “cheeky chops” seven-year-old from Llanelli, is definitely one of a kind. He had his first operation on a cystic lung when he was still inside his mum Becca’s tummy and at two days old, he had open surgery to remove most of his left lung. 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 Tŷ 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. 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
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