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Community Hubs
by Ty Hafan
Our Community Hubs are held across Wales, bringing Tŷ Hafan to those families who can’t often visit us.
Not everyone can come to our hospice regularly because of caring, work commitments and travel restraints.
And, as demand for our services grows and we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re still not able to offer as many stays at our hospice as we would like to.
Our Community Hubs are meet-up events that are designed for fun and relaxation, meeting new friends and getting and giving emotional support.
They’re set up by our Family Wellbeing Team who hit the Welsh roads a few times each month, including our:
• Family Support Practitioners
• Family Support Workers
• Sibling Support Workers
• Complementary Therapists
• Play Workers.
The families we support can come along and take some time out. We deliver calming complementary therapies at these Hubs, like massage for the adults and story massage for the children.
We set up games, arts and crafts, our very popular sensory tent and refreshments, and we’re there to have fun with the kids and talk to families about anything they’d like to talk about; that could be a chat about the latest series they’re watching on Netflix, supporting with the challenges they’re facing or anything in between.
Plus, the ingenious staff at Cardiff Museum sometimes come along with fascinating science-themed activities for the children to enjoy.
One of the biggest impacts of these Hubs is families being able meet other people who can relate to the them and what they’re going through. We often see families swapping numbers and meeting up with each other outside of the Hubs, creating their own support networks in their local communities.
Carrieann, whose daughter comes to Tŷ Hafan, told us, Community Hubs give us all the best of Tŷ Hafan in a local one-stop shop setting. Meeting old friends, making new ones, themed crafts and games, complementary therapy, advice, coffee and cake are all within a relaxed and happy atmosphere. The monthly Hub gives my daughter and I an experience to look forward to
