Daring to Dream
daringtodream.bsky.social
Daring to Dream
@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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October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🌟 Great to have attended yesterday’s @daringtodream.bsky.social ‘Making Space’ 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 🤖
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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October 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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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
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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August 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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@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
July 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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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
July 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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!
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Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT – Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
Help dave duncombe raise money to support Daring to Dream
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June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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@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
June 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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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!
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Morgan Sindall Water & Highways SMT – Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
Help dave duncombe raise money to support Daring to Dream
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May 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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
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May 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Shopping online at Tesco? You could help us to win £1,000 this May! Sign up to @easyuk – 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...
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May 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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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
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Please nominate us and repost so that others will nominate us too! £1,000 would be fantastic! Huge thanks x

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May 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#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
May 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#CardiffCastle will be lit up tonight for #WorldLupusDay.

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

#lupus #sle #autoimmune #chronicillness
May 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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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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
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May 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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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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We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
April 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...
Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards
We could receive £5,000 in the Movement for Good draw.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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@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
April 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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@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!
April 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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@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
April 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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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
April 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM