News Archive

School closure would be an “Unprecedented Assault on a Community and Welsh-medium education”
18/02/2013 - 17:43
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have called upon Powys County Council to withdraw immediately its threat to close the Welsh-medium village school in Carno, claiming that  any such action would be an “unprecedented assault on a community and on Welsh-medium education”. The proposed “receiving school”, Ysgol Llanbrynmair, could accommodate less than half of the 46 pupils of Ysgol Carno and so the community of children would be split up.
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Merthyr Council bilingual website, but concerns remain
06/02/2013 - 14:37
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) has welcomed the success of local members campaign after Merthyr Council launched a partly bilingual website, but have expressed concerns at the lack of Welsh provision by the council in other departments.
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Carwyn Jones Census Meeting
06/02/2013 - 12:56
WELSH language supporters have called for policy changes following the Census results in newspaper adverts today, as Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg meets with the First Minister.
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500 in Pont Trefechan rally, 50 years on
02/02/2013 - 18:24
Today (Saturday 2nd Febrary) 500 gathered to re-create Cymdeithas yr Iaith’s first protest, and to insist that they can live their lives in Welsh, 50 years to the day since the language group’s first protest.
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Census 2011: New policies call
31/01/2013 - 15:48
Not a single community remains in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire where over seventy percent of the population speak Welsh, according to the Census figures released today.
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‘Welsh language communities vital’ - Bala rally’s message
26/01/2013 - 21:11
“Welsh language communities are vital” - that was Cymdeithas yr Iaith’s message as around 200 campaigners gathered in Bala to speak out over the Census results this morning.
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Over 500 in Cymdeithas Carmarthenshire Rally
19/01/2013 - 19:14
Despite the wintry weather, over people 500 from all parts of Carmarthenshire came to the County Hall in Carmarthen on Saturday January 19, 2013 to sign the Pledge "I want to Live in Welsh" and hear some of Carmarthenshire's prominent people saying why they were signing the pledge. Among them was film and TV actor Julian Lewis-Jones who said:
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Welsh language grants, call for budget language impact assessment
17/01/2013 - 23:45
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has responded to the announcement of grants to Welsh language groups by the Minister Leighton Andrews today.  Calling for an assessment of the impact of all government spending on the Welsh language, Robin Farrar, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, commented: 
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"We want to live in Welsh"
17/01/2013 - 13:06
People from all over Carmarthenshire are expected to attend a rally held by Cymdeithas yr Iaith outside County Hall, Carmarthen on Saturday January 19th 2013 to voice their concerns about the dramatic decline in the numbers of Welsh speakers in the county and to demand a future for local Welsh-speaking communities.
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Cymdeithas to meet Carwyn Jones over Census
14/01/2013 - 11:00
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will meet First Minister Carwyn Jones to discuss the results of the Census, the group announced today.
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