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@daringtodream.bsky.social

Daring to Dream is a Welsh charity supporting the emotional (not mental) health of the 1.2 milion adults in Wales living with at least one longtanding illness. Daring to Dream #makesspacestotalk in hospitals for tough conversations, #emotionalrefuges

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โ€˜The Space to Talkโ€™ Podcast from Daring to Dream - Daring to Dream

Have you watched our new podcast yet? With Linda James as our special guest, tune into The Space to Talk for episode 1. It is #powerful and #poignant @johnchown.bsky.social @dalilatm.bsky.social @barbarachidgey.bsky.social @sarahfinch81.bsky.social

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08.12.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@johnchown.bsky.social

07.12.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive a ยฃ1,000 donation with your help throught the Movement for Good 12 Days Christmas Draw.

Please nominate us to hopefully win ยฃ1000! Thank you.

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07.12.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I just nominated a charity to win ยฃ1,000. You can nominate your favourite too. I just nominated a charity to win ยฃ1,000..

I just nominated DARING TO DREAM movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...

07.12.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You spend, brands donate to Daring to Dream. Help us when you shop with 7,000+ brands. Join now.

Sign up to @easyuk and when you shop online with your favourite retailers this Christmas, they'll donate to us. It's free and your shopping won't cost you any extra - the retailers you shop with will donate, not you! join.easyfundraising.org.uk/daring-to-dr...

05.12.2025 06:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜The Space to Talkโ€™ Podcast from Daring to Dream - Daring to Dream

Delve into and listen to our first episode of 'The Space to Talk', @daringtodream.bsky.social's opening podcast. Our special guest is #LindaJames founder of #BulliesOut @johnchown.bsky.social @barbarachidgey.bsky.social @menaioj.bsky.social
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04.12.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A massive shout out and thank you to the Postcode Community Trust - Daring to Dream

@postcodelottery.bsky.social - thank you so much to the #PostcodeCommunityTrust for their grant to @daringtodream.bsky.social. It is so important to us! @johnchown.bsky.social @barbarachidgey.bsky.social
Read more in our clip below. Diolch yn fawr iawn!

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29.11.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daring to Dreamโ€™s โ€˜Space to Talkโ€™ in the Care for the Elderly wards will have enormous impact - Daring to Dream

What a week - our first #dayroom #PrincessofWalesHospital finished and open! Huge thanks to so many people. Our first finished #SpacetoTalk in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board! @johnchown.bsky.social @cwmpasceo.bsky.social @libbyhumphris.bsky.social

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22.11.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Daring to Dreamโ€™s agenda is everyoneโ€™s agenda - Daring to Dream

Our agenda @daringtodream.bsky.social is everyone's agenda. 1.2 million people live with at least one longstanding illness - it that doesn't apply to us, then we live alongside someone to whom it does apply! #emotionalhealthmatters #livingwellwithillness
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19.11.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You spend, brands donate to Daring to Dream. Help us when you shop with 7,000+ brands. Join now.

Please sign up to support Daring to Dream for free on #easyfundraising today!

It would make a big difference to our fundraising. Once signed up, raise free donations for us when you shop online.
Sign up before midnight 26th October & we could win ยฃ500:

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20.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the photos too! We hope to work with EUREKA project too!

16.10.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒŸ Great to have attended yesterdayโ€™s @daringtodream.bsky.social โ€˜Making Spaceโ€™ event! Inspiring to learn about their work on emotional support through new spaces & music. We even learned about recent Cardiff Met research & their supportive dancing robots across hospitals in #Wales ๐Ÿค–

15.10.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You spend, brands donate to Daring to Dream. Help us when you shop with 7,000+ brands. Join now.

You can help increase Daring to Dreamโ€™s entries into easyfundraisingโ€™s giveaway to win 1 of 5 ยฃ200 donations โ€“ every new supporter who joins is an entry!

Sign up before midnight 19th October, itโ€™ll only take two minutes:

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Thankyou!

16.10.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Published our work today on young peopleโ€™s experiences of the โ€˜missing middleโ€™ 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 here๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

English: lnkd.in/eQmHwf4D

Cymraeg: lnkd.in/enmV76Dt

11.09.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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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20.08.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 years old today! What a milestone!

We are the ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, because our emotional responses to illness are a normal human reaction and not an indication of a mental health condition.
M๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด #๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ #๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€

Diolch - Thankyou

28.07.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@daringtodream.bsky.social ๐ŸŽง New Podcast Episode:
A post-holiday health scare turned Raviโ€™s world upside down. Now on dialysis,he shares his journey with #ChronicKidneyDisease, mental health & balancing life in IT.

๐Ÿ”— Listen: kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

#diaryofakidneywarriorpodcast #CKD

14.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Please nominate @daringtodream.bsky.social for a chance to win ยฃ2K!
We can support so many people living with illness with a donation of this size!
๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„!
lnkd.in/eCREcNi3
Thank you so much xx

11.07.2025 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT โ€“ 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...

25.06.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@daringtodream.bsky.social ๐ŸŽงNew podcast! Work & Wellbeing for #KidneyWarriors ft. Dr. Jacquie

๐Ÿ’ผ Learn your rights under UK law
โš–๏ธ Reasonable adjustments
๐Ÿฅ Sick leave & retirement options

LISTEN๐ŸŽ™๏ธ kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

#CKD #DisabilityRights #ChronicIllness #EqualityAct #KidneySupport

02.06.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT โ€“ 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...

31.05.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT โ€“ 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...

31.05.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You spend, brands donate to Daring to Dream. Help us when you shop with 7,000+ brands. Join now.

Shopping online at Tesco? You could help us to win ยฃ1,000 this May! Sign up to @easyuk โ€“ it takes two mins and then go through their website or app before shopping at Tesco to get us an entry into the giveaway! Sign up today: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/darin...

27.05.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@daringtodream.bsky.social ๐Ÿšจ New episode!
Councillor Hilariaโ€™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

19.05.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive ยฃ1,000 in the Movement for Good draw.

Please nominate us and repost so that others will nominate us too! ยฃ1,000 would be fantastic! Huge thanks x

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15.05.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

15.05.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CardiffCastle will be lit up tonight for #WorldLupusDay.

Thank you Cardiff!
๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more: orlo.uk/tsyuv

#lupus #sle #autoimmune #chronicillness

10.05.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bronglais Hospital's ยฃ3m 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!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.05.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards We could receive ยฃ5,000 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.

ยฃ5K would make such a difference! Huge diolch!

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28.04.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

30.04.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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