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[1] [24] The fund forms a key part in the Welsh Government's Cymraeg 2050 strategy for 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050. [25] It also offers the "Arfor Programme Support Fund", targeting enterprises that preserve and increase wealth in the Welsh-speaking heartlands. This fund is administered by the county councils. [1]
This report quickly became known in Wales as the Brad y Llyfrau Gleision (Treason of the Blue Books) since, [90] apart from documenting the state of education in Wales, the Commissioners were also free with their comments disparaging the language, nonconformity, and the morals of the Welsh people in general. An immediate effect of the report ...
Formal Welsh-medium education began in Wales in 1939, and the first Welsh-medium secondary education began in 1962. In the following decades the provision was greatly expanded. The Welsh Government target is for 30% of pupils to be taught in this manner by 2031 and 40% by 2050.
Increase the school teaching of Welsh history in the new Curriculum for Wales. Prosiect 2050 – Promote the Welsh language to be used daily in more places. Support Welsh Government sponsored bodies, Wales' local authorities and the Welsh civil service to use Welsh.
Llanrwst floods in 2015. Climate change is a factor during the assessment for future developments in Wales since December 2021. Wales is the first country in the UK where developers must consider future flood risk due or coastal erosion due to global warming. 11.3% of land in Wales will be at risk from flooding in the future, up from 9.86% as previously projected.
As a part of the Welsh Government's 'Cymraeg 2050' strategy, Jeremy Miles, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, announced in 2022 that a £4.4 million investment would be dedicated to a new 'Welsh Language Immersion Centre' at Ysgol Gyfun y Strade. The investment also seeks to increase the school's capacity by 228.
The Welsh Wikipedia (Welsh: Wicipedia Cymraeg) is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2003. On 23 June 2007, it reached 10,000 articles, the 66th Wikipedia to do so. On 20 November 2008, it attained 20,000 articles. Less than a year later, on 28 October 2009, it reached 25,000 articles.
The Welsh Language Commissioner (Welsh: Comisiynydd y Gymraeg) is a Welsh Government officer, [1] overseeing an independent advisory body of the same name. The position was created following the passing of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, effective on 1 April 2012, replacing the Welsh Language Board, with the aim of promoting and facilitating the use of the Welsh language. [2]