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@daringtodream.bsky.social
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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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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Space to Talk, our podcast this week with special guest #angelinahall - please share and listen. Angelina reflects on the emotional impact for her of illness and its treatments. Movingly honest & courageous @johnchown.bsky.social @dalilatm.bsky.social daringtodream.wales/2026/01/13/t...
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The Space to Talk – Daring to Dream’s podcast episode two. - Daring to Dream
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
With presents opened, turkey eaten & your guests gone, here is a different #ChristmasMovie for you to watch. All about @daringtodream.bsky.social, what we do, why it matters and how we are supporting #emotionalhealth. Carers, patients, clinicians explain our impact. vimeo.com/1144081329
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Making Space to talk about Emotional Health and Living well with Illness - October 2025
Daring to Dream's engagement event in October 2025, tells the story of how the charity began, where it is now, where it aspires to be. Hosted by Sian Lloyd…
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WorldJustice7 @worldjustice7.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This is a wonderful idea! Sending heartfelt thanks to each of you — @johnchown.bsky.social @jennyrees.bsky.social @barbarachidgey.bsky.social — and, especially Barbara Chidgey, Founder and Chair of Daring to Dream. 👏❤️💙
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Patients are humans, not just bodies. Hear how our 'Spaces to Talk' in hospitals also remind clinical staff that we may be living with illness; first & foremost we are a human being @johnchown.bsky.social @jennyrees.bsky.social @barbarachidgey.bsky.social daringtodream.wales/2025/11/17/p...
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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 daringtodream.wales/2025/12/03/t...
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‘The Space to Talk’ Podcast from Daring to Dream - Daring to Dream
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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 daringtodream.wales/2025/12/03/t...
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
@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! daringtodream.wales/2025/11/28/a...
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A massive shout out and thank you to the Postcode Community Trust - Daring to Dream
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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 daringtodream.wales/2025/11/20/d...
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Daring to Dream’s ‘Space to Talk’ in the Care for the Elderly wards will have enormous impact - Daring to Dream
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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 daringtodream.wales/2025/11/17/d...
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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 £500: join.easyfundraising.org.uk/daring-to-dr...
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Dalila @dalilatm.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🌟 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 🤖
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Simon Jones @seimon76.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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
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Diary of a Kidney Warrior @diaryofakidneyw.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
@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
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Barbara Chidgey @barbarachidgey.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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! lnkd.in/eCREcNi3 Thank you so much xx
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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...
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Diary of a Kidney Warrior @diaryofakidneyw.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
@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
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Barbara Chidgey @barbarachidgey.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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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Diary of a Kidney Warrior @diaryofakidneyw.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
@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
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#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
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
#CardiffCastle will be lit up tonight for #WorldLupusDay. Thank you Cardiff! 👉 Learn more: orlo.uk/tsyuv #lupus #sle #autoimmune #chronicillness
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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...
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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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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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...
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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...
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Barbara Chidgey @barbarachidgey.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
@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
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Barbara Chidgey @barbarachidgey.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
@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!
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Diary of a Kidney Warrior @diaryofakidneyw.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@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: linktr.ee/diaryofakidn... #diaryofakidneywarriorpodcast #CKD 💚 #Dialysis #KidneyHealth #haemodialysis #kidneydisease
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Barbara Chidgey @barbarachidgey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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...
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Owl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Those eyes hold the secrets of the ancient forests. 📸 © sandra_bourgeois_photography #Owl #Nature
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
@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.
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
#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
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Dr Jen Daffin @jendaffin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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. 💙👏👏👏👏
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Diary of a Kidney Warrior @diaryofakidneyw.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
@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 💚
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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 23/03/2025
Lleswyl 2025: daring to dream of festivals for everyone Leigh Manley shares his first experience of a truly inclusive wellbeing festival for Wales. Even if you’re not usually into festivals you’ll love this at-home one. ✍️ Leigh Manley @daringtodream.bsky.social bylines.cymru/arts-and-cul...
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Lleswyl 2025: daring to dream of festivals for everyone
Leigh Manley shares his first experience of a truly inclusive wellbeing festival for Wales. Even if you’re not usually into festivals you might love this at-home one
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It's today! Live music returns to #CarefortheElderly at #PrincessofWales hospital - a huge diolch to everyone who has helped bring this about @tycerdd.bsky.social @cfwales.bsky.social @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social #emotionalhealth #makingspacestosing #makingspacestosmile
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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