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Welsh-medium education plans: review welcomed

14/03/2017 - 18:14
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Language promotion body needs to prioritise better minority access to Welsh
21/02/2017 - 15:00
Projects to improve minority ethnic and language groups' access to Welsh should be a priority for a new body being set up to promote the language, according to campaigners.
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Welsh-medium education plans - councils face 'legal challenges'

15/02/2017 - 13:17
Some county councils are guilty of mal-administration in drafting their plans for Welsh-medium education and the Welsh
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S4C treatment shows need to devolve broadcasting to Wales – campaigners in Westminster

07/02/2017 - 23:18
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Protest in London for broadcasting devolution

07/02/2017 - 16:56
 
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Veteran Welsh campaigner refuses to pay TV licence to secure devolution of broadcasting

03/02/2017 - 16:11
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"Save our Communities" - Cymdeithas Plea to Council
28/01/2017 - 14:38
In her closing speech at a Public Forum in Carmarthen today (Saturday 28th of January), the regional Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith appealed to Carmarthenshire County Council to use next year's revision of the Local Development Plan (LDP) to ensure that young people have the chance to make their future in our local Welsh-speaking communities. People from local communities all over the county came to the Forum to explain to leading councillors and officers how the housing market, planning policies and the lack of services were undermining Welsh-speaking communities.
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Thank you Carmarthenshire Council for leading the way
18/01/2017 - 19:03
In response to Carmarthenshire County Council's decission to approve the recommendation to change the language category of Llagnnech school for to become a Welsh school David Williams, vice-chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith in Carmarthenshire said:
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Further cuts to S4C? Campaigners demand devolution of broadcasting
18/01/2017 - 15:46
Language campaigners have demanded responsibility for broadcasting is devolved to Wales in the wake of comments by a minister in a Westminster committee today (Wednesday 18th January) that signal an intention to cut over £700,000 from S4C's grant this year.
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Language Bill should be strengthened for the benefit of the people of Wales - Manon Elin
06/01/2017 - 15:35
In response to Alun Davies' comments on the Welsh Langugae Standards, Manon Elin, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith's language rights group, said: "The Minister for the Welsh Language has said he wants to build on the Standards system, and we welcome that. What is more, we see it is necessary to strengthen the Welsh Language Measure to include the private sector, and to include the unquestionable right to use the language in every aspect of life on the face of the bill – which would put flesh on the bones of the existing Standards system.
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