At 2 o'clock today in the Societies Tent at the National Eisteddfod in Bala, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg will be holding a public meeting which is central to all it's activities on the Eisteddfod field this year. Hywel Griffiths leader of the Welsh Communities campaign said:"Our hope is that ideas arising from this meeting that will safeguard the future of our Welsh-speaking communities. Over the last few months members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg have had discussions with community leaders in the Bala area about this very issue. Our hope is that the ideas that will come out of today's meeting will be relevant not only to the people of Penllyn but to communities the length and breadth of Wales. Those of us worried about the future of our communities must exercise the power to safeguard that future ourselves. We see this public meeting as the trigger for activities which will extend all over Wales."

Those taking part at th public meeting include Dr Carl Clowes who established Antur Aelhaearn in the 1970's and Ffred Ffransis from Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg. Councillor Dyfed Wyn Edwrds will respond to the discussion on behalf of Gwynedd County Council. The meeting will be chaired by Menna Machreth.Ffred Ffransis who will be talking at the meeting on behalf of Cymdeithas yr iaith Gymraeg said:"In this meeting we will be loking at ways of empowering and regenerating our communities within the guidelines of the Local Development Plan."