Welsh international rugby player Leigh Halfpenny has been announced as the latest Tŷ Hafan celebrity ambassador, joining the likes of John Barrowman, presenter Lucy Owen and cricketer Mark Wallace.

Tŷ Hafan is a charity that cares for life-limited children and young people and their families by providing specialist palliative care as well as relief and support outside the hospice. Halfpenny, a Cardiff Blues player who also played for the 2013 British & Irish Lions, said 'Their care and support makes a huge difference to many people and I'm extremely proud to support the work they do'.

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