Rhian Mannings

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885 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4 Jun

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And I did this all on my own as a volunteer, really, just spending my own money for the first few years.

And then I realized, actually, there's something in this.

And I started getting a few more counselors.

And then I started just knocking on the door of the police and the hospitals and saying, look, you know, why don't you work with us?

And obviously at the time we were very little and they didn't want to.

And then that's when I basically stalked the health board of Cardiff and Vale and just kept saying, let's pilot something.

Come on.

And after a few years of red tape, they agreed.

And the pilot was such a success.

100% of families of the 19 pediatric deaths they had said yes to Tawish supporting them.

I took that as a model across Wales, showed people what we did and they all wanted it.

And that's now what we're doing in England.

And obviously now we have more evidence and statistics for England to show what we do.

I still don't really know how I did it.

I look back, my mum and dad drove me around a lot because driving was part of my PTSD as well.

But I just think that I hope my kids and other people can just see if you believe in something so passionately, which I did, you can achieve it.

I didn't even know really how to, well, I certainly didn't know how to do a budget or a business plan or to book.

My dad kept the books for like two years on a spreadsheet.

And I'm not joking.

The receipts were in a carrier bag.

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