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Welsh Language Promotion Strategy
Published: 19/04/2018
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet will be asked to approve the draft five
year Welsh Language Promotion Strategy prior to wider consultation and to
approve the consultation process when it meets on 24 April.
Welsh Language Standard 145 requires the Council to prepare a five-year
Promotion Strategy and publish it on the Council鈥檚 website. The Strategy needs
to include a target for increasing or maintaining the number of Welsh speakers.
The aim of the draft Strategy is: 鈥渢o promote, support and safeguard the Welsh
language for the benefit of present and future generations. We will support an
increase in the current level of Welsh speakers, from 13.2% (19,343 people)
within the county to 13.6% (20,000 people) during this period. Our longer term
vision, post 2021 is to create a bilingual county where Welsh language is a
natural part of everyday life.鈥�
The Council is already committed to the Welsh Language and this Strategy will
support other initiatives already in place including:
? the Council鈥檚 Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP) which aims to increase
the number of learners being taught through the medium of Welsh.
? Welsh Government鈥檚 Framework for Welsh Language in Health and Social Care
鈥淢wy na Geiriau鈥� which is being successfully implemented within Social Services.
? Welsh Government鈥檚 Strategy to achieve one million Welsh speakers in Wales by
2050.
The Welsh Language Promotion Strategy will also contribute to the Council鈥檚
Well-being Plan.
天涯社区 Cabinet Member for Corporate Management, Councillor
Billy Mullin, said:
鈥溙煅纳缜� is committed to developing this five year Welsh
Language Promotion Strategy. We already have a policy for Welsh in the
workplace to ensure that we raise the profile of the Welsh language to help
increase the number of Welsh speakers in the county and for opportunities for
employees to use Welsh at work.
鈥淚mplementing this Strategy will support us in developing bilingual services.
It also sends a clear message, internally and externally, that the Welsh
language is valued and is an asset in employment.鈥�
The consultation process on the Welsh Language Promotion Strategy will take
place during May 2018 and the final Strategy will be presented to Cabinet later
in the year.