Category Archives: Dyfodol

Meeting with the First Minister

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Dyfodol had a constructive meeting with the First Minister Carwyn Jones at the National Eisteddfod field in Denbigh on Monday 5th August.

Dyfodol i’r Iaith have asked the First Minister to include the Welsh language on the face of the proposed Planning Bill. Carwyn Jones had a conversation with the organisation’s President, Bethan Jones Parry; the Chair, Heini Gruffudd and Secretary, Simon Brooks.

The organisation presented a document to the First Minister on the relationship between the sustainability of the Welsh language and planning.

Planning and the Welsh language

The sustainability of the Welsh language is integral to planning. As a result, a robust framework needs to be developed to assess the impact of potential developments on the language. There are several examples of developments that have resulted in the Welsh language being weakened as a community language.  Again there are examples of  planning where the the language has been strengthened. Continue reading →

Dyfodol at the Eisteddfod

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Dyfodol i’r Iaith are holding a public meeting on the National Eisteddfod field in Denbigh on Tuesday 6th August at 4pm in Societies Pavilion 1.

Solicitor Emyr Lewis, one of Dyfodol’s directors, will be delivering a speech on “Planning and the Welsh Language”

Emyr Lewis says that a strong foundation to protect the Welsh language must be included on the face of the Planning Bill, which is likely to be proposed by the Welsh Government in the next assembly session.  Continue reading →

The Big Conference

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Impressions from Bethan Jones Parry, president of Dyfodol, on The Big Conference with First Minister Carwyn Jones in Aberystwyth on July 4th

“A process not an event” – these words are a modern cliche by now. And the Firstt Miister acknowledged exactly that when he opened “A Living Language: The Big Conference” in Aberystwyth, but he didn’t apologise for that.

He told the 150 delegates there that the conference needed to be considered in that context in order to “secure a future for the Welsh language” adding that starting a discussion like this was long overdue in order to find new ways to strengthen and develop the language.

All delegates were there by invitation – a mistake according to some – though many more were following the event online and contributing comments via Twitter. Continue reading →