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In June this year, Nicola, Mark, Rhian, Laura, Josh, Rich H, Dan, Rich, Kelly and Ian undertook the ‘Welsh Three Peaks Challenge’ (Climbing 10,000 feet, walking 20 miles and driving 180 miles all in one day) to raise money for … Continue reading →

16 year old Olchfa School pupil Jack Triggs recently ‘braved the shave’ to raise money for Ty Olwen in memory of his ‘lovely Nan’ who was under our care last year. Thank you to Eric Owen, Manager of the Hen … Continue reading →

Thank you to St  James Church in the Uplands for their continued support and holding a further Coffee Morning for Ty Olwen this year. They raised an enormous £1026-64.

Swimming 750 metres, riding a bike for 32 kilometres and then running for 5 kilometres seems extreme for the average person but for 19 year old Cory Norman he took it in his stride and completed the Mumbles Triathlon in … Continue reading →

A wonderful evening of ‘Flowers at the Opera’ at Langland Bay Golf Club took place on Midsummer Evening. The talented Jonathan Lloyd Davies provided the Flower Arranging and the beautiful Adele O’Neil, accompanied by Geraint Williams, the Opera. The evening … Continue reading →

 Congratulations to our Chairman Mrs Helen Murray on being awarded an MBE in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to Ty Olwen and Palliative Care in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot.

A special day for Swimming Instructor Shirley Briskham who has returned to Ty Olwen almost a year since her mother died. She was joined by some of her over 60’s swimming group who had arranged a ‘Swimathon’ in her mother’s … Continue reading →

An enormous THANK YOU to Blue Watch at Morriston Fire Station who came to the rescue today at short notice. A malfunction with the filter in the pond in the Ty Olwen garden caused water to runaway over the weekend … Continue reading →

Members of AMBU’s palliative care and chaplaincy staff have teamed up to mark Dying Matters Awareness Week which runs until Sunday. They manned special information stalls at Morriston and Princess of Wales hospitals to promote the week and its theme … Continue reading →