Daring to Dream®
Supporting the emotional health of the 1.2 million adults in Wales living with physical illness.
Clinical care addresses our physical needs, but illness brings emotional challenges too that can also hinder our enjoyment of life.
Better emotional health really does enhance the quality of life for all of us living with physical illness, impacting on how we manage our ill health.
Emotional health, talking about our feelings is an essential to living our best lives.
Daring to Dream makes spaces to talk and we:
- Raise awareness of the importance of good emotional health for living well with illness. We encourage everyone living with illness to discuss their feelings and encourage support from family and friends who will listen to us.
- Create physical spaces in hospitals. These non-clinical ‘Safe spaces’ in Quiet Rooms, Relatives’ Rooms, and Dayrooms within the ward area provide essential private space for patients, their families, and staff to have important conversations during vulnerable times. These rooms offer a ‘safe space’ to share feelings and to hear and discuss clinical advice.
- Promote engagement with music as a means to boost emotions and initiate conversations. Lleswyl, our flagship live-streamed annual wellbeing festival, brings Welsh artists into the homes of those unable to attend live events.
Daring to Dream®
Supporting the emotional health of the 1.2 million adults in Wales living with physical illness.
Clinical care addresses our physical needs, but illness brings emotional challenges too that can also hinder our enjoyment of life.
Better emotional health really does enhance the quality of life for all of us living with physical illness, impacting on how we manage our ill health.
Emotional health, talking about our feelings is an essential to living our best lives.
Daring to Dream makes spaces to talk and we:
- Raise awareness of the importance of good emotional health for living well with illness. We encourage everyone living with illness to discuss their feelings and encourage support from family and friends who will listen to us.
- Create physical spaces in hospitals. These non-clinical ‘Safe spaces’ in Quiet Rooms, Relatives’ Rooms, and Dayrooms within the ward area provide essential private space for patients, their families, and staff to have important conversations during vulnerable times. These rooms offer a ‘safe space’ to share feelings and to hear and discuss clinical advice.
- Promote engagement with music as a means to boost emotions and initiate conversations. Lleswyl, our flagship live-streamed annual wellbeing festival, brings Welsh artists into the homes of those unable to attend live events.