Heledd Fychan: OVO ENERGY’S WELSH LANGUAGE DECISION SETS THE CAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BACK DECADES
Plaid Cymru has responded to the news brought to light by Nation.Cymru that OVO Energy is to scrap its Welsh Language telephone service and Welsh Language bills, as well as advising customers to use Google Translate to read their bills in Welsh.
OVO Energy merged with Swalec in 2013, and took on its Welsh Language service at the time.
Heledd Fychan MS: “2020 Flood Victims Still Living in Fear”
This week marks four years since devastating flooding hit communities across South Wales Central during Storm Dennis. Reflecting on the past four years, Heledd Fychan, Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central, reflected on the work completed since then, but also the fear that many still feel every time it rains heavily, and the rivers rise. She also called on the Welsh Government to prioritise action in those areas that remain at risk, which includes an on-going risk to life if the same level of flooding were to happen again.
Proposed cuts to the culture sector in Wales will have a devastating impact
This article was published in Nation.Cymru
Our national collections are at risk, and our cultural, arts and heritage sectors are in crisis.
For years, consecutive Welsh Government commissioned reports have confirmed the warnings coming from our national cultural and heritage institutions and organisations that they are underfunded, both in terms of capital and revenue funding. And for years, consecutive Labour ministers and deputy ministers have failed to heed those warnings.
Amgueddfa Cymru, the National Library of Wales, Arts Council Wales and the Welsh Books Council are facing a 10.5% reduction in their revenue budgets, whilst Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales are facing a 22% cut.
In terms of the Welsh Government’s overall budget, the savings are minimal yet the impact will be devastating.
In December, Jane Richardson – the Chief Executive of Amgueddfa Cymru – whilst giving evidence to the Senedd’s Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee could not have stated more clearly the current risk to the collections: “When we are expecting a storm or heavy rain, we have to put staff on standby, literally, so they can come into the building in the middle of the night to take paintings off the walls”.
Look Back at the Week 5th February
Here is a summary of my work in the Senedd and across the region over the last week:
Look Back at the Week 29th January
Here's a summary of my week in the Senedd and across the region this week.
Community Resource update February 2024
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Every month my community engagement team create a community resource to share with community groups and local organisations to find grant information, upcoming opportunities, training and events that might be of interest to many of you. |
Heledd Fychan MS Response to RCT Consultation on School Transport
The Welsh Labour Government rejected Plaid Cymru's proposal to introduce statutory Welsh language standards on the banking sector.
Yesterday, the Welsh Labour Government rejected Plaid Cymru's proposal to introduce statutory Welsh language standards on the banking sector.
Heledd Fychan MS Calls for Six Nations to remain free-to-air
Following the news that the UK Government has rejected calls for the Six Nations to have to be offered to free-to-air broadcasters, Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson for Sport, Heledd Fychan MS, yesterday raised an urgent question in the Senedd on the matter.
“People can’t afford to wait any longer for action” – Heledd Fychan MS
Only one of the Labour Welsh Government’s fourteen recommendations to tackle the Cost of Living crisis have been delivered, research from Plaid Cymru has revealed.
In August of last year, the Welsh Government formed a group of 18 experts to advise the Government on the impact the Cost of Living crisis is having on the people of Wales, and to identify actions that should be taken to mitigate the effect.