Cymdeithas multi-site protest against Wales’ ‘housing crisis’: The right to live at home is completely fundamental if we are to ensure the continued viability of our communities

 'Wales is not for sale' multi-site rally held on November 21st. From Llanberis to Carmarthen, and from Aberaeron to our national Parliament in Cardiff, and from every corner of Cymry, the message to the Welsh Government is this: act now to solve the housing crisis in Wales. CIG calls on the Welsh Governmentto provide Local Authorities...

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Conradh na Gaeilge warmly welcomes additional funding for the Gaeltacht and the Irish language

 A very significant increase for the Gaeltacht has been confirmed, and while it is good that cuts to Foras na Gaeilge since 2008 have begun to be reversed, much work remains to be done. We will continue to pressure to provide additional funding to the Foras. Conradh na Gaeilge has welcomed the €17+ million additional funding announced today by the Government in the south in Budget 2021 for the Irish language and the...

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Donation campaign by Kowethas to fund An Mis, Cornish Language TV programme

Do you look forward to An Mis, Cornish Language Television programme by Kowethas an  Yeth Kernewek, every month? Sadly it is running out of money and needs your donations if it is to continue into 2021 and beyond. Can you help? Please donate here:https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/14365  A wrewgh mires yn-rag dhe An Mis, agan towlen bellwolok y'n yeth kernewek pub mis? Yn trist heb arghans vydh yn skon hag yma...

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BBC Cymru Wales announces new Welsh language podcasts

Welcoming the new content, soon to be available on BBC Sounds, Gruffudd Pritchard, Content Editor BBC Cymru Fyw and Radio Cymru says: “Over the last year and a half we’ve had the pleasure of working with a variety of talented producers on a collection of new Welsh podcasts. BBC Sounds offers an amazing opportunity as a platform for new...

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Fáilte ar Líne: 40,000 people across 130 countries learn Irish through government-backed course

 More than 40,000 people are learning Irish in over 130 countries via an online course Fáilte ar Líne. The course, which is supported by the Department of an Gaeltacht and delivered by Dublin City University teaches the Irish language for complete beginners and encourages students to visit Ireland and its Gaeltacht areas. This was on of the key achievements noted in a report on the progress of the Government's 2018-2022...

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Coronavirus: Emergency fund of £1.2m for Irish language groups

Irish language organisations are to receive £1.2m in emergency funding from the Department of Communities (DfC). Ulster-Scot language groups will also receive £850,000, while £430,000 is being made available to Sign Language organisations.The funding is part of £29m previously agreed by the executive for the arts, culture and heritage sectors.Many organisations have had to close or cancel events due to the coronavirus pandemic,...

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Brazilian man becomes first person to pass British citizenship test in Welsh

A Brazilian man has become the first person to pass a British citizenship test using the Welsh language. Rodolfo Piskorski, who teaches English literature and Portuguese at Cardiff University, said it was important to him to use his “linguistic rights” and demonstrate “there are different ways to be British”. The 34-year-old linguist first came to the UK in 2013 to study for his PhD in critical and cultural theory at Cardiff...

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Re bell ban’ti: new Breton language daily program

Radio Kerne and Radio Naoned have decided to adapt their program schedule, during confinement, set up in October 2020. Since November 2, 2020, they have been broadcasting a new daily program Re bell ban'ti (Too long at home) Monday to Friday, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. “We have decided to focus on the evolution of Covid-19. »On the program, traffic rules, health protocols but also the lives of isolated people, students, businesses ..."...

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Unionists getting animated over their love for the Irish language

  For almost a decade Trojan work has been underway within the East Belfast Mission to promote the Irish language among unionists, loyalists and Protestants alike. Now Irish language activist Linda Ervine and her team in the Turas project, who run weekly Irish classes for learners at the Skainos Centre, have turned to animation in a bid to address this sensitive subject. ...

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Celtic Charter : housing market pressures and public policy is putting Celtic languages at stake

The rural housing crisis is threatening our future, claim activists from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man and Cornwall who have united in a cross-border plea over the survival of Celtic languages. In an appeal aimed at authorities in each of those countries and territories, culture groups say housing market pressures and public policy...

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