Snowdonia National Park has announced the Eryri & Gwynedd 2035 Partnership that will outline a new vision...
Arfor
From the need for increased use of the language in business, through to using Welsh language products as a catalyst to spark economic activity, there exists significant research gaps in our understanding of what can be done to sustain and grow the language across Arfor and wider Wales.
ARFOR and the ‘relationship between the economy and language’ – going beyond the headline
By Dr. Huw Lewis, Centre for Welsh Politics and Society, Aberystwyth University In order to achieve ARFOR's objective...
Innovative new art and wellbeing project launching in Caernarfon
The Mwy project have announced that they are holding in person events in Caernarfon on 12 and 19 September 2023. These...
Shortlist for the Social Business Wales Awards 2023 announced
The Social Business Wales Awards have announced the individuals and institutions that have reached the shortlist for...
ARFOR Challenge Fund: Information for applicants
With ARFOR’s Challenge Fund having been formally launched at the National Eisteddfod and following an information...
University of Wales Trinity Saint David launches post graduate certificate in Language Policy and Planning
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has launched a new post graduate certificate in Language Policy and...
Wales Council for Voluntary Action announces new grant for coastal communities
The Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) have launched a new grant scheme with the aim of funding community...
Cyngor Gwynedd announces expansion of housing initiative
In an event on their stall in the National Eisteddfod in Boduan last week, Gwynedd Council announced that houses that...
Restanza in Blaenau: Creating a new foundational politics – Guest blog by Lowri Cunnington Wynn
Restanza means choosing to stay in a place in a conscious, active and proactive way by actively guarding it, being...
ARFOR Challenge Fund: The essential information
The ARFOR Challenge fund is part of the wider ARFOR scheme to strengthen the relationship between the local economy...
Welsh Language Commissioner launches guidance on bilingual signs
The Welsh Language Commissioners office has launched guidance for businesses and charities to aid the use of Welsh on...
Julie James publishes written statement regarding Dwyfor second home pilot scheme
Julie James, the Climate Change Minister has given an update on the development of a second home pilot scheme being...
Census data shows increase in number of Holiday homes in parts of Wales
The Office for National Statistics have published an assessment of the 2021 Census data that shows that the number of...
Menter a Busnes publicising ARFOR Challenge Fund
Menter a Busnes have launched a campaign to promote the ARFOR Challenge Fund by means of a survey. They are...
First report of the Commission for Welsh-speaking communities is published
The Commission for Welsh-speaking communities has announced a proposal to designate certain parts of Wales as ‘areas...
22 New Railway Station Walks Launched
Transport for Wales has teamed up with Wales’ leading walking charity, Ramblers Cymru to launch 22 new walks from...
Free trading space at Llŷn ac Eifionydd National Eisteddfod 2023
Free Eisteddfod stands for local businesses Cyngor Gwynedd have launched an opportunity for local businesses to...
Partnership secures £3 million to extend Llwyddo’n Lleol
New partnership secures £3 million to extend Llwyddo’n Lleol. By awarding a new agreement that will ensure the...
ARFOR calling for Enterprising Communities
The £11 million Programme ARFOR, which aims to deliver an economic boost and strengthen the Welsh language across...
£11million secured for phase two of the ARFOR Programme
ARFOR, a programme working across the Welsh speaking and rural strongholds of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and...
Phase one complete. What next for Arfor?
Working across the Welsh speaking and rural strongholds of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Carmarthen, the Arfor...
Second Homes – Developing new policies in Wales report by Dr Simon Brooks.
Second Homes - The Developing new policies in Wales report by Dr Simon Brooks original aim was to prepare a brief...
Bro360 celebrates two years of making a difference
An important milestone was recently marked as Bro360 marked its two-year anniversary. Seven areas - involving some...
Llwyddo’n Lleol 2050 supporting Young Entrepreneurs in Gwynedd and Anglesey
Over a 10-week period in the summer, Menter Môn carried out the ‘Llwyddo'n Lleol 2050’ project on behalf of the Arfor...
Language and the Public Sector
By Dr Dyfan Powell, Wavehill This is another blog in a series that explores the statistical link between particular...
The Effect of Tourism on Language in Gwynedd
By Dr Dyfan Powell, Wavehill This is another blog in a series of three, which will explore the relationship between...
Agriculture and the Welsh language
By Dr Dyfan Powell, Wavehill This is one of three articles scrutinising the link between three specific sectors of the...
Iaith y Pridd – Language of the Land
The ‘Iaith y Pridd’ (‘Language of the Land’) report was recently published by Farming Connect and gave members of the...
Outward migration: lessons from England
By Dr Dyfan Powell, Wavehill In July 2020 the Social Mobility Commission and the Institute for Employment Studies...
Recommendations from Marchnad Lafur Cymraeg
This paper developed in partnership with Four Cymru and the independent evaluators Wavehill, is a follow-up to the...
Economic development and the Welsh language?
By Dr Dyfan Powell, Wavehill The idea that economic development creates jobs and allows Welsh speakers to work and...
Tourism in Rural Wales? A more sustainable future
As a result of Covid a number of challenges have arisen in rural Wales in recent months and certainly one of the...
Why are young people emigrating?
By Dr Dyfan Powell, Wavehill The ONS statistics show that thousands of young people leave the Arfor[1] area each year....
Defining Language and the Economy
As part of the Eisteddfod AmGen virtual events, Arsyllfa held a series of sessions on the economy in Wales. The second...
From the community up: a new way for market towns
As part of this year's Eisteddfod AmGen events, Arsyllfa held a series of sessions relating to the economy in Wales....
What is Arfor?
Arfor is a socio-economic network of four Welsh counties, which will work in unison for the benefit and future of the...
Using the Welsh language as part of your business
Already a thriving and living language in many communities, the Welsh language is used by an array of businesses not...
What is Marchnad Lafur Cymraeg?
Marchnad Lafur Cymraeg is a pilot project that aims to develop the Welsh language as a catalyst to the economy. The...
Economy of Identity – a modern concept for a modern Carmarthenshire
The project advisory group recently reviewed Economies of Identity: State of the Art, published in 2018 by Inês...