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With the Christmas special rehearsals underway, the
#GavinandStacey
cast spared a moment to send a special video to
@izzywiths
here at Tŷ Hafan, who is a HUGE fan. Thank you Ruth,
@JKCorden
,
@larrylamb47
,
@jopage_
,
@mfhorne
,
@melwalters01
& Alison. This moment meant the world 💚
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We're delighted to announce that acclaimed film, TV & stage actor
@michaelsheen
has joined us as our newest celebrity Ambassador.
Thank you Michael, for taking on this hugely important role! 💚
#Children
#PalliativeCare
#Wales
#Ambassador
#MichaelSheen
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Who's a fan of
@GoodOmensPrime
? 🙋♀️We've been donated a SIGNED clapperboard from the set and we're putting it up for auction! All proceeds will go to Tŷ Hafan. Want to make a bid? 👉 (incl.
@michaelsheen
,
@david_tennant
&
@jackwhitehall
)
#GoodOmens
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Acclaimed Welsh actor
@IfanHuwDafydd
is hoping his upcoming 500-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain will raise £10,000 for
@tyhafan
and the
@JacLewisFdn
, in memory of his nephew, Rhys Tom, who died unexpectedly earlier this year aged just 31 💚 >
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Finally for this Friday, here's something to make us all feel hopeful: Seth Burke, our
@WelshYouthParl
member, discussing with our Ambassador
@michaelsheen
what he'd like to see change for the better in
#Wales
💚
#SpotlightonWYP
@HHTGhospices
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🏴 The three special guests helping host our “All Things Welsh” fundraiser quiz at 7pm tomorrow are:
@bakesbymichelle
@RyanJonesOnline
&
@michaelsheen
(Michael may or may not give us a little Chris Tarrant from
#quizitv
👀)
Join in over on our Facebook to help raise vital funds!
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What an afternoon! We were delighted to welcome Neil Warnock, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba and Joe Ralls from
@CardiffCityFC
to the hospice today. ⚽️💙 Thank you for visiting us and for putting smiles on everyone's faces (staff included!) 😀
#Bluebirds
#CityAsOne
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OH’... enjoy the
#GavinandStacy
Christmas Special? Here’s Ruth Jones explaining how you can get hold of the clapperboard from the set, signed by the whole cast incl.
@JKCorden
@RobBrydon
@jopage_
. Every penny will go to Tŷ Hafan’s children’s hospice 👉🏻
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This wonderful & kind lady paid
@tyhafan
a visit yesterday 💚 Ruth Jones wanted to meet Izzy Withers in person following the recent support from the amazing
#GavinandStacey
cast — and it was one BIG surprise!
Magical things really do happen at children's hospices 🌈
@JKCorden
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Here's another chance to see our video explaining the
#FitForFuture
hospice refurbishment project. The plans are incredibly exciting and we can't wait to get started, but we need your help. Let's give the children of Wales a hospice fit for the future
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Is Wales ready? A report launched today shows the number of children with life-limiting conditions is rising dramatically. Wales’ two children’s hospice charities need sustainable funding now to meet this unprecedented demand >
#ChildrensHospiceWeek
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The unique Michael Sheep has a home! 💚 Thank you so much to
@GneissShorts
@mosie_v
@michaelsheen
and all who have supported this fundraiser for us - helping us to keep on providing vital care and support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families in Wales 💚
Michael Sheep is going home to…
@mosie_v
!!!! Thanks everyone who donated to
@tyhafan
and thank you
@michaelsheen
for the boost!
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WOW, £16k! What a start to 2020 for Tŷ Hafan ☺️ Thank you so much, Ruth.
#WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire
@ITV
@MillionaireUK
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We were delighted to have a visit from
@ThisIsTheBrooks
today at
@tyhafan
. We wish them all of the best in this years X Factor.
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We are incredibly proud to announce that 13-year-old Seth Burke has today made history as Tŷ Hafan's first Member of the
@WelshYouthParl
and, the first member of the
#WelshYouthParliament
with a progressive, life-long condition
#children
#palliativecare
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This week is
#ChildrensHospiceWeek
, raising awareness for children’s hospice and palliative care services across the UK. Our families need to know there is always someone there for them.
#ThankYou
to you all for being there for us throughout the pandemic and whenever we need you
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It's our anniversary! For 23 years we've been providing care and support for children life-limiting conditions & their families in Wales. It is a privilege to be able to work with so many exceptional people and we are so grateful to everyone who helps us to make this possible 💚
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To mark the first day of
#ChildrensHospiceWeek
, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales has sent a personal message of support to
@EACH_hospices
to celebrate how the UK's 54 children’s hospices provide support to children and families 💚
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We are delighted that two of Tŷ Hafan's wonderful volunteers had the opportunity to attend the very special
#TogetherAtChristmas
carol service at Westminster Abbey, hosted by the Princess of Wales in memory of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 🎄
Thank you,
@KensingtonRoyal
💚
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Huge hanks to the v lovely
@TheBrooks191
for visiting us today! We hope you had as much fun as we did!
#Halloween
:
http://t.co/w8C2RKd5je
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If you're in need of an uplifting story amidst the negative news...✨
Danielle was one of the first ever life-limited children to come through the doors of Tŷ Hafan, 20 years ago.
But, Danielle is now a mum — a Tŷ Hafan first! 🌟
Meet our miracle mum:
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What a wonderful visit from
@cardiff_blues
today 💚 Not only did the players get stuck into messy play but they also got stuck into a sing song 🎤 Who knew
@Jnavidi
was so multi-talented?! Thank you all for making the children’s day today.
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Thank you to
@air_ambulance
@LeighHalfpenny1
& Santa for making a special visit to
@tyhafan
- you made everyone's Christmas extra special x
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We thought our families & supporters might like to read the heartfelt letter we’ve received from our Patron, Prince Charles. It’s touching to know he is thinking of Tŷ Hafan in challenging times.
I’m sure you’ll all join us in wishing the Prince of Wales a speedy recovery too 💚
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This
#FamilyFriday
, we asked two very special people to wish you a very Merry Christmas from
@tyhafan
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.
@Jeremy_Hunt
just to remind you what
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
said on 21/9/22 regarding continued support for
#hospices
facing huge increases in their
#energybills
due to the
#costoflivingcrisis
.
@SteveBarclay
@grahamstuart
@AnnaMcMorrin
@Eluned_Morgan
@WGClimateChange
@JulieJamesMS
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It was a pleasure to welcome the
@cardiffdevils
to the hospice yesterday 🏒Joey Martin, Marcus Crawford, Mark Richardson and Brandon Alderson came bearing bags upon bags of cuddly toys, they then met some superfans and spent time chatting and signing autographs (1/2)
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We'd like to wish a very happy birthday to our Ambassador
@michaelsheen
🎉🥳💚 Thank you for everything you do for us all at Tŷ Hafan 💚
#children
#palliativecare
#Wales
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We are very excited to announce that
@LeighHalfpenny1
has joined us as an Ambassador!
http://t.co/VBJJTRxILR
http://t.co/akLK8KltHz
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They did it! Our fabulous
@5in55
Dads have brought home the Fundraising Team of the Year
@JustGiving
award 🎉Many thanks to JG for recognising the incredible efforts of our Dads. And many congrats to fellow finalists Wheelscales Ben & 211 Smithdown.
#dadsmatter
#jgawards
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✨ £94,412.30 ✨ — this is the amount of money we raised at the
#TyHafanBall
on Friday. It's almost 3x our target and donations are still rolling in! Thank you to every single individual who was in that room who spoke, performed, supported, donated & made it a magical evening 💚
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We love it when our friends from the
#CardiffDevils
visit the hospice so it was wonderful to welcome
@JoeyMartin14
@MarkLoui5
and
@GleasonFournier
yesterday. They even brought some friends along with them. Merry Christmas guys
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It costs us £1 million every year to fund our nurses and we can’t do this without our amazing supporters.
Please show your support today by donating at
#ForOurNurses
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A good luck video by
@LeighHalfpenny1
to all our Rainbow Runners for tomorrow's event! Thanks Leigh!
#tyhafanhero
http://t.co/PAkTzgGHBp
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What a pleasure it was welcoming Ruth Jones to the hospice today for a special Christmas visit. Not only did she give our pantomime a wonderful introduction but she also spent the morning getting to know the children and families with us today 💚 (bring on the Christmas special!)
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And they’re off!! 🚲🏉 Our 40 riders have just left Cardiff to embark on a 280 mile cycle over 4 days in the
#RideToTheRugby
challenge to Dublin. BEST OF LUCK 💚
You can support today by texting RUGBY to 70140 to donate £5.
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A huge thank you to
@Team_Barrowman
for donating these signed CDs for the opening of our new Cardiff shop on Friday
http://t.co/iKcqq9fXfR
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Huge thanks to our fantastic Ambassador
@LeighHalfpenny1
for officially opening our new hydrotherapy pool today!
http://t.co/Bcvh10YIAy
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We’re very excited to be the charity supported this evening at the
@CardiffCityFC
vs
@Taffswellfc
charity match. For anyone at the game wanting to donate this evening, you can text ‘BIRDSONG’ to 70660 to donate £3 to Tŷ Hafan ⚽️
#CityAsOne
(T&Cs apply)
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We feel incredibly privileged to be Ruth Jones’ chosen charity on this evening’s
#WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire
💚 We don’t know how much Ruth won! So tune in at 9.30pm on
@ITV
to find out 📺
@MillionaireUK
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We loved having our ambassador,
@LeighHalfpenny1
visit us today at our Family Fun Day with his lovely family ☺️
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We're elated to hear that Tŷ Hafan and
@HopeHouseKids
will be receiving roughly £1.5 million of the £6.3 million allocated to Welsh hospices to help us during the COVID-19 crisis for 3 months 💚
Announcement by Vaughan Gething AM: (approx. 30 min 50 secs)
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We were overwhelmed by the time and attention The Prince of Wales gave to our families and staff during his visit to
@tyhafan
this morning. We would like to thank
@ClarenceHouse
for your visit this morning
#royalvisit
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Statement on proposed holiday park on Hayes Road >
If you'd like to comment on the planning application, you can do so here >
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Tune into
@ITVWales
at Six this evening to catch our wonderful care team embracing sign language 🤟 It’s hard to see our smiling faces behind PPE so signing is more important than ever to communicate “as one”.
We’re delighted to appear on
@ruthwignall
’s ‘Rays of Sunshine’ ☀️
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These
@tyhafan
dads conquered 5 mountains in 55 hrs
#5in55
to raise money & awareness for children & families like theirs. Now they're down to the final 3 in the
@JustGiving
Awards for Fundraising Team of the Year. Show them you care - vote for them now!
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Oh my goodness! We are overcome! We have won the Charity Award in this year's
@CardiffLifeAwds
!
Thank you to everyone who has, and who continues to support us, through thick & thin.
This one is for our children and families, our staff, our volunteers and our entire community 💚
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We LOVE these and how
@officialCHS
pupils have come up with child-friendly designs 💚
100 child-friendly visors dropped off this afternoon
@tyhafan
. Hopefully they'll make a small difference. Thank you to
@officialCHS
pupils for designing! 👏😊
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Rhys showing the boys from
@CardiffCityFC
how it's done during their visit to the hospice today. Thanks for popping in to see us
@bobbyreid93
@Cunningham_17
@joshmurphy65
Good luck for the weekend's match!
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The last few metres before the riders made it to the finish line of
#ridetotherugby
2020! What a journey they’ve been on from
@principalitysta
Cardiff to the
@AVIVAStadium
Dublin over the last 4 days! Well done to all our incredible riders! 🚲🏴🇮🇪🏉
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It’s a winter wonderland at Tŷ Hafan but our
#heroesinthehospice
are still doing what they do best bringing magical moments to our families
#thatswhywelovethem
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Festive fun this afternoon with Justin, Gleason and Josh from the
@cardiffdevils
and our friends from Hasbro . What an incredible haul of goodies!
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"I can still see her in my arms & how I was talking to her. Then she took her final breath. She would be 6 now. Every year we do a fundraising event to say thank you to
@tyhafan
. She’s always going to be involved with us & our lives & that's mostly thanks to
@tyhafan
"
#DadsMatter
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Just a little snippet of the musical masterpiece produced by
@DanLauraCurtis
to raise money for Tŷ Hafan — we love it so much, we still can't stop singing it! 🎤🥁
(Just take a look at the celebrity support... wow). If you'd like to make a donation visit:
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We're so proud of this incredible lot for completing such an awesome challenge! These dads who already cope with so much, managed to scale five of the highest peaks in the UK, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen Y Fan, all in under 55 hours!
#DadsMatter
#5in55
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Today marks 22 years of Tŷ Hafan! Since 1999, we’ve offered comfort, care and support to over 1,000 children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Thank you for helping us be here for those that need us, in our hospice, in the community or in their homes.
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And they have DONE IT! 💚The truly awesome
#MumsVMountains
team have just reached the summit of Pen y Fan, after Snowdon and Cadair Idris earlier in the day. What an achievement! Ladies, you are all superstars! 🌟
Please show your appreciation here:
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Our Ambassador
@LeighHalfpenny1
brings some raffle sunshine to lucky winners:
http://t.co/BnoE5zrcfM
http://t.co/y1qJrJg4xv
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#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
to all of our fantastic supporters. We didn't need much of an excuse to get dressed up and have a play in our amazing inclusive playground because it's all about making
#momentsmatter
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#CardiffCity
will kick off their pre-season preparations as a
#Bluebirds
XI visit
@Taffswellfc
!
👉
#CityAsOne
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We’ve joined forces with
@PTHBhealth
to introduce our first ever Tŷ Hafan Community Nurse. Paediatric
#palliative
care nurse Sara Jones (pictured) will work 2 days a week across Powys to reach more families with life limited children, offering them palliative care and support
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! 💚💚💚
We did it 🎉 In just 60 hours, we’ve raised £342,922 🤩
Thank you to every single person who donated. Because of you, we can be there for more children and families in Wales when their worlds stop 💚
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They did it! 🇮🇪 🚴♀️ 🏉 Our riders have arrived at the
@AVIVAStadium
and completed their epic challenge!
To show your support, text RUGBY to 70140 to donate £5 (standard network charges apply, the full £5 goes to Tŷ Ty Hafan)
#RideToTheRugby
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We’re so grateful to have
@DavidHasselhoff
&
@hhayleyroberts
behind our hospice lottery ✨ By playing Tŷ Hafan’s Crackerjackpot today you’ll be helping us support life-limited children and their families across Wales (for just £1 a week!) 👉
#theHoff
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The generous support from our Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales, has given Tŷ Hafan a huge help over the two decades of our existence. As the first children’s hospice in Wales, we value this association very dearly and it really makes a difference to our visibility as a charity 💚
"Tŷ Hafan is remarkable. Not only does it have some wonderful facilities, but it is staffed by a very special group of people who show boundless love"
- The Prince of Wales, Patron
For
#ChildrensHospiceWeek
, we look back on HRH's visits to
@tyhafan
& thank all those involved 👏
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This year we are celebrating 18 wonderful years of being there. Join us for a magical evening to celebrate
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Thanks to
@cardiffdevils
players Jake and Mark for joining our
#childrenshospiceweek
party yesterday!
#teamtyhafan
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They did it! Huge congratulations to all the teams who took on our 20th anniversary
#Welsh3peaks
Challenge yesterday! It was the hottest yet! Massive thanks to all the
@GEAviation
Wales marshals, you are all
#TyHafanHeroes
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Nurses are the life-blood of
@tyhafan
and without them
@tyhafan
wouldn’t exist. Please watch our video and see for yourselves how important our nurses are to bringing the medicine and the magic to our families. Support our nurses at
#ForOurNurses
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#childrenshospiceweek
starts on Monday! Here is the lovely Peter Capaldi supporting
@tyhafan
#ThrowbackThursday
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Christmas is a time to share precious moments with loved ones. Thanks to hospice staff working over the festive period to support families
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Santa swapped his sleigh & reindeer for a helicopter today & hitched a lift into the hospice with the Wales
@air_ambulance
! 🚁🎅 Lots of the children at the hospice are unable to visit Santa's Grotto out in the community, so he felt it only fair to bring his grotto to them!
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To our families ✨
Please remember that there is always someone here at Tŷ Hafan, 24 hours a day, to talk to for advice or just a chat.
We appreciate that this is a very difficult time & we're at the end of the phone if you need anything.
The Tŷ Hafan Care Team 💚
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🤩 You’re SIMPLY THE BEST! £5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣! We're absolutely blown away, and we want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts 💚 We’d never ever imagined raising this phenomenal amount of money (hence the impromptu performance from Team Tŷ Hafan), and we cannot thank (1/2)
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Ever seen something like this before?! We're really excited about our new contactless window in our Cardiff city centre shop. You can donate £3 to help
#FundOurNurses
by just tapping your card against our shop window.
#ContactlessDonation
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A promising announcement from the Health Minister today about hospice funding. We’re looking forward to hearing how the funds will be allocated in a fair and timely manner across Wales.
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Some of our amazing dads enjoying themselves at the
@JustGiving
awards celebrating their incredible
@5in55
challenge. Good luck guys!
#JGAwards
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It's now this easy to support Tŷ Hafan! Just walk up to the window, tap your card against it and hey presto!
#ForOurNurses
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Meet this little star, Daniel 🌟 He wanted to help Tŷ Hafan while at home, so he saved all of his pocket money & purchased 600 pairs of medical gloves for our care team at the hospice. What a selfless gesture.
Read about 10-year-old Daniel's donation:
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Incredibly honoured to welcome our patron HRH Prince of Wales to Tŷ Hafan today. A lovely welcome by our staff before heading into the hospice
@ClarenceHouse
#RoyalVisit
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⛄️ Christmas has arrived at Tŷ Hafan! This morning we debuted our brand new panto for 2019 as staff and supporters put on a superb performance of ‘The Greatest Snowman’! We were also lucky enough to be visited by a very special person...
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A very different
#InternationalNursesDay
today, but the job they’re doing all over the world is incredible. We're so proud of our nurses for everything they do, bringing smiles to faces, while making sure everyone is safe.
Marieme and Ndeye think so too!
💚💚💚
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We’ve done it! We’ve hit our
#fitforfuture
target!
A huge thank you to all of you who have raised funds to help us refurbish our hospice so we can help children with life-limiting conditions and their families in Wales for years to come. Refurb pix and videos coming soon!
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This winter children with life-limiting conditions and their families in Wales need your support more than ever, as our Ambassador
@michaelsheen
explains here. To find out more and donate go to Thank you 💚
#children
#palliativecare
#Wales
#MichaelSheen
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"For the first time, I felt like we might be able to cope with this." Scarlett's story:
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We're so proud of our very own Transition Nurse, Sophie Williams, for being shortlisted for the
@RCNWales
'Suzanne Goodall Paediatric Nursing Award' 2019! She does incredible work empowering young people to start new chapters as adults as they near graduation age at Tŷ Hafan 💚
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It was great to welcome
@southwalesmason
to the hospice last week, for an update on the bereavement service they've kindly funded through
@Masonic_Charity
. The service will be based in a specially designed summer house near the hospice’s memorial garden
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Today is the 20th anniversary of Tŷ Hafan opening its doors for the very first time. It’s been an incredible journey and this video will take you all the way back to 1990 when we were first registered as a charity
#TyHafanTurns20
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