Daring to Dream

Published our work today on young people’s experiences of the ‘missing middle’ of mental health support.

We were told of the emotional impact of struggling to access help.

You can read the overview of what we heard here👇🏻

English: lnkd.in/eQmHwf4D

Cymraeg: lnkd.in/enmV76Dt

Please keep spreading the word about this survey so that as many younger adults and teens living with illness can have their voices heard about #transition.
Thank you @lisacorderybruce.bsky.social for taking this forward.
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5 years old today! What a milestone!

We are the 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, because our emotional responses to illness are a normal human reaction and not an indication of a mental health condition.
M𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 #𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

Diolch - Thankyou

@daringtodream.bsky.social 🎧 New Podcast Episode:
A post-holiday health scare turned Ravi’s world upside down. Now on dialysis,he shares his journey with #ChronicKidneyDisease, mental health & balancing life in IT.

🔗 Listen: kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

#diaryofakidneywarriorpodcast #CKD

Please nominate @daringtodream.bsky.social for a chance to win £2K!
We can support so many people living with illness with a donation of this size!
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄!
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Thank you so much xx

Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT – Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) Help dave duncombe raise money to support Daring to Dream

A massive shout out and huge thanks to #water & #highways SMT morgansindallbsky.social. Yesterday they hiked up #YrWyddfa raising funds to support work of @daringtodream.bsky.social
Please follow the link and support their fundraising.
Diolch yn fawr iawn pawb!
www.justgiving.com/page/dave-du...

@daringtodream.bsky.social 🎧New podcast! Work & Wellbeing for #KidneyWarriors ft. Dr. Jacquie

💼 Learn your rights under UK law
⚖️ Reasonable adjustments
🏥 Sick leave & retirement options

LISTEN🎙️ kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

#CKD #DisabilityRights #ChronicIllness #EqualityAct #KidneySupport

Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT – Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) Help dave duncombe raise money to support Daring to Dream

Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT is fundraising for @daringtodream.bsky.social . Thank you so much!
Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
#JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/dave-du...

Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT – Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) Help dave duncombe raise money to support Daring to Dream

Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT is fundraising for @daringtodream.bsky.social. Thank you so much!
Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
#JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/dave-du...

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@daringtodream.bsky.social 🚨 New episode!
Councillor Hilaria’s journey from kidney failure & coma to public service & organ donation advocacy is powerful. A must-listen! kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

#diaryofakidneywarriorpodcast #organdonation #kidneydisease #CKD #kidneytransplant

Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive £1,000 in the Movement for Good draw.

Please nominate us and repost so that others will nominate us too! £1,000 would be fantastic! Huge thanks x

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#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek - we focus on emotional health and making space to talk about our feelings arising from illness.
This is an essential that can not only help us live well with illness, but also reduce the risk of additional mental illness.
#makingspacetotalk #emotionalhealth

#CardiffCastle will be lit up tonight for #WorldLupusDay.

Thank you Cardiff!
👉 Learn more: orlo.uk/tsyuv

#lupus #sle #autoimmune #chronicillness

Bronglais Hospital's £3m specialist cancer unit officially opens The new cancer unit, funded primarily by charitable income, has been described by a patient as

This is fantastic news! @daringtodream.bsky.social has been delighted to play a small part to this #amazing project. We have contributed to the #BluebellRoom which is shown in the article! Llongyfarchiadau to the staff at Hywel Dda University Health Board!

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Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.

Please nominate Daring to Dream today - this week's draw is for charities, working in the area of health.

All you have to do is click on the graphic - you go straight to the form - it takes just 1 minute.

£5K would make such a difference! Huge diolch!

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It's not unusual to hear Seren and Ffion playing to elderly patients, their families and staff at #PrincessofWales #Hospital @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social - today they were on Ward 15 and everyone loved the music and the musicians.
This is a project funded and arranged by @daringtodream.bsky.social

Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.

Please nominate Daring to Dream today - this week's draw is for charities, working in the area of health.

All you have to do is click on the graphic - you go straight to the form - it takes just 1 minute.

£5K would make such a difference! Huge diolch!

health.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...

@thejeremyvine.bsky.social and #GriffinBooks - fabulous night listening to skilled, witty, humorous, compassionate raconteur chatting with @owainwynevans.bsky.social. Uplifting, lots of #laughter! 2 signed copies of new book to auction at @daringtodream.bsky.social's Ball in June!
#emotionalhealth

@thejeremyvine.bsky.social - please look up @perapalace.bsky.social #Istanbul - Agatha Christie wrote 'Murder on the Orient Express' there - you can book to stay in the room she stayed in. Fantastic place to visit!

@daringtodream.bsky.social Would you say no to a transplant? 🤯
Nick Palmer did—and it gave him more than he ever imagined.

🎧 Listen to “The Power of Choice” now:

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#diaryofakidneywarriorpodcast #CKD 💚 #Dialysis #KidneyHealth #haemodialysis #kidneydisease

Excited to say I'm speaking at TEDx Bute Street @senedd.wales on July 3rd! All about creation of @daringtodream.bsky.social and #Lleswyl. Tickets are free from #TEDxButeStreet

Mo's fundraiser for Daring to Dream Help Mo De Waal raise money to support Daring to Dream

Mo is running the #LondonLandmarksHalfMarathon tomorrow - and raising much needed funds for @daringtodream.bsky.social - please wish her well and support her fundraiser (link below) and help #DaringtoDream make more #spacestotalk.

Pob lwc Mo! And a huge diolch!
www.justgiving.com/page/mo-de-w...

Those eyes hold the secrets of the ancient forests.

📸 © sandra_bourgeois_photography
#Owl #Nature

@sarah4bridgend.bsky.social - thank you so much for your support and contribution at our event yesterday in @senedd.wales #TyHywel.
Your support for our event "Making Space to talk about Emotional Health" is wonderful and very much appreciated.

#JulieMorganMS - thank you so much indeed for sponsoring our event yesterday @senedd.wales #TyHywel.
Your support for our mission and work is very much appreciated as we #makespacestotalk
#emtionalhealth #livingwellwithillness

Thank you Jen - let's meet up soon and progress the conversation!

What a brilliant event! Thank you @daringtodream.bsky.social and @hapuswales for welcoming me alongside you today with the support of Julie Morgan MS and Sarah Murphy MS.

Our emotional health is fundamental to good health. Making space to talk including during times of illness is paramount. 💙👏👏👏👏

@daringtodream.bsky.social🚨 What does #haemodialysis really involve?
Ep130 of #DiaryOfAKidneyWarriorPodcast breaks it all down with Prof. Ibi—how it works, fluid control, dry weight, pump speeds & more.
🎧 Clear. Honest. Empowering.
🎙️ Listen: kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

#CKD #Dialysis 💚

Lleswyl 2025 - Daring to Dream's free, inclusive, live streamed wellbeing festival YouTube video by Daring to Dream

Thank you Leigh! You can still watch #Lleswyl2025 on YouTube www.youtube.com/live/Rfu2zrH...