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
Daring to Dream #makesspacestotalk in hospitals for tough conversations, #emotionalrefuges
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
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Patients are humans, not just bodies. - Daring to Dream
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December 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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
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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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‘The Space to Talk’ Podcast from Daring to Dream - Daring to Dream
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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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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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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‘The Space to Talk’ Podcast from Daring to Dream - Daring to Dream
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December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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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@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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Read more in our clip below. Diolch yn fawr iawn!
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A massive shout out and thank you to the Postcode Community Trust - Daring to Dream
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November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
@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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Read more in our clip below. Diolch yn fawr iawn!
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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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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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November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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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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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Daring to Dream’s agenda is everyone’s agenda - Daring to Dream
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November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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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🌟 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
🌟 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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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
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
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
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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Thank you @lisacorderybruce.bsky.social for taking this forward.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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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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
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
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
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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@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
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
@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
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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𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄!
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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
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
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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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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Please follow the link and support their fundraising.
Diolch yn fawr iawn pawb!
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June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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...
Please follow the link and support their fundraising.
Diolch yn fawr iawn pawb!
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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
💼 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
@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
💼 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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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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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)
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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...
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 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...
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
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...
Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
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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
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
@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
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