A GROUND-BREAKING fundraiser, inspired by a heart-breaking loss, has smashed its target.

Ty Hafan recently launched the #WhenYourWorldStops fundraising campaign which aimed to raise £250,000 in 60 hours for the charity.

It costs the charity £5.2 million a year to provide care and support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families in its Sully hospice and within communities in Wales. This number is rising as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies.

To combat this Ty Hafan launched a #WhenYourWorldStops fundraising campaign which ran from 10am on November 27 until 10pm on November 29 with all donations match funded.

At the heart of the campaign was the Jeans family – Catherine and Andrew and their son Oliver - who received support from Ty Hafan while Baby Rose Jeans battled an aggressive incurable form of cancer. This support continued after she died – just two days after her first birthday.

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The family described the support of Ty Hafan as “priceless” and added: “Ty Hafan is on a different level; they give you normality at the most difficult of times.

“We could not have provided what they did for our daughter.

“The care and love Ty Hafan showed every one of us was amazing and we could just focus on making memories and being a family.”

The family were the face of the intensive fundraiser, which raised nearly £100,000 more than its target – a whooping £342,922 was raised within 60 hours.

“We just want to send out a heartfelt thank you from myself and my family,” said Mr Jeans.

“Firstly, for all those champions out there that supported this campaign – we had so many messages, and people really getting behind the campaign and driving us towards that target.

“Also, thank you to every single one of you that donated.

“You’ll never understand what Ty Hafan means to us as a family and to every family out there.

“It’s phenomenal. A massive thank you to Ty Hafan, the champions, and to every single one of you who put your hand in your pocket at this difficult time.”