Representatives of Welsh-speaking communities will gather in Aberystwyth Saturday (12th January) to discuss ways to sustain and rejuvenate the langauge in their local areas. To date, the “Cynghrair Cymunedau Cymraeg” - an alliance of Welsh speaking communites - has almost 20 areas signed up across Wales after just a few months. Some community council and town councils have joined, as well as co-operatives and community groups who have the specific aim of promoting the language at a community level.

‘A positive response to the language crisis’ - that’s how campaigners have described the ‘living manifesto’ they have launched in Caernarfon.

Welsh-speaking communities will be a priority for Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, according to the organisation’s new Chairman, Robin Farrar.

A sustainable development law published today could undermine the Government's Welsh language strategy, according to campaigners.  Environment Minister John Griffiths has published a White Paper on a Sustainable Development Bill which would make sustainable development the 'central organising principle' for public sector strategic decisions.