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Give Welsh a go in 2015 with our range of Free
Welsh Lessons
Visit www.whylearnwelsh.co.uk for more information
Many learners and staff are already on board and putting their
Welsh lessons to good use both in work
and at home. Over 582,000 people in Wales speak Welsh and over a
million
understand the language not to mention those who live and
speak
Welsh outside Wales.
What’s
On?12 - 13 June
X Music Festival Cardiff is hosted at Bute Park with an
impressive line-up including Annie Mac, Fuse ODG, Sigma, Gorgon
City and Sub Focus. There will be a wide variety of food and drink
on offer.
21 June
Etape Eryri known as the Snowdonia Cycling Sportive, event is
one not to be missed, featuring a spectacular route that takes in
breathtaking scenic routes in the heart of Snowdonia. The event
will have five distance options on offer, Bach at 47 miles long,
Canol at 76 miles, Mawr at 103 miles, Xtrem at 226 miles and Teulu,
which is a free short family ride of just over 6 miles, ideal for
kids.
1 - 5 July
Hijinx Unity Festival is five days of performances showcasing
inclusive and disability arts from around the world. Performers
from Mozambique, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and across the UK
will perform in Cardiff’s vibrant City Centre and at the
prestigious Wales Millennium Centre.
Can you best explain how you could personally have an impact
on:
• The natural environment • Identity and culture• Consumption
and waste • Choices and decisions• Climate change • Health• Wealth
and poverty
Please can all entries be emailed to [email protected]
Closing date for entries is July 31st 2015.
Learner Competition
£20 gift voucherenter now to win
this amazing prize..
The journal of the European Association for the Study of
Diabetes found an increase in fibre, especially cereals, in the
diet was linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. People with the
highest levels of cereal and vegetable fibre consumption were 19
per cent and 16 per cent less likely to develop diabetes, compared
with those eating the smallest amounts.
Fruit fibre did not protect against diabetes, the researchers
from the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology and Imperial College London found.
Enjoying a porridge pot at the start of a shift can not only
increase your energy levels but also help your overall health in
the long term – give it a go!
Porridge for breakfast cuts the risk of diabetes
Gypsy and Traveler communities include Gypsies, Irish and
Scottish Travelers and other groups such as New Travelers. While
Gypsies and Traveler’s share travelling lifestyles, each community
within this classification has its own distinct culture.
Romani and Roma Gypsies and Irish Travelers are recognised as
groups that have distinct traditions. Other groups are recognised
as Travelers through their patterns of movement, such as fairground
and circus families and New Travelers. They too have their own
history and hopes for the future.
However legal recognition for the ethnic minority status of
these various groups has differed across the UK. Case law
established Gypsies as a recognised ethnic group in England in 1989
and Irish Travelers, already protected by race relations law in
Northern Ireland, were recognised as a distinct ethnic group in
England and Wales in 2000. In Wales the Welsh Government has a
general duty to ensure equality of opportunity for all people
without reference to membership of specific groups.
The precise numbers of Gypsies and Travelers within the United
Kingdom are unknown. The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) made
an estimate in 2006 that there are between 270 and 360,000 Gypsies
and Travelers in England alone living in bricks and mortar housing,
around three times the number maintaining a nomadic lifestyle
(Commission for Racial Equality 2006). The populations of Gypsies
and Travelers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are much
smaller.
The Welsh Government has called for a “new deal” between Gypsy
travelers and the rest of society.
It published a strategy that ministers said would help tackle
stereotypes and improve relations. The document contains guidelines
for public services on better accommodation, health and education
for Gypsies and travelers. It estimates there are about 4,000 Gypsy
travelers living in Wales.
The document - called Travelling to a Better Future and hailed
as the first of its kind in the UK - says there is “an opportunity
for a new deal for the Gypsy and traveler community”.
It says the Welsh Government recognised a need for “substantial
changes” in attitudes towards Gypsies, who are not properly
understood and suffer from a high level of exclusion.
Equalities Minister Jane Hutt said it would help tackle
stereotypes of Gypsies and travelers, and try to make sure their
voice is heard. She said Gypsy and traveler culture was part of
Wales’s “rich mix of cultures and traditions”.
Statistics published by the Welsh Government in 2011 said there
were 793 caravans on 78 sites in 21 of Wales’ 22 councils. About
15% were on unauthorised sites.
The Welsh Government announced £2m to fund work to improve sites
earlier this year. In total, 25 grants have been awarded over four
years to 11 local authorities
Understanding the Different Traveler Communities
ESDGC Calendar of Global Events 2015
June 5th - World Environment DayJune 20th - World Refugee
Day
July 17th - World Day for International JusticeJuly 28th - World
Nature Conservation Day
For more information on ESDGC please visit -
www.t2group.co.uk/learner/esdgc.html
Tafwyl Fair Tafwyl Fair, Tafwyl Festival’s main event, will be
held once again at Cardiff Castle to celebrate the Welsh
language.
Menter Caerdydd was established in June 1998 with the aim of
promoting and expanding the use of Welsh in Cardiff by creating
opportunities for the city residents to use the language outside
working hours and outside school. Tafwyl is the annual festival
established by Menter Caerdydd in 2006 to celebrate the use of
Welsh in Cardiff.
The festival was established following the demand from Cardiff
residents for a festival to raise the profile of Welsh in the
capital city. The growth of the number of Welsh speakers in Cardiff
in the past few years has been astounding with an increase from
18,000 speakers in 1999 to 32,500 in 2001. The Welsh language
continues to thrive in the city and the 2011 census showed yet
another increase in Welsh speakers, and with a total of 36,735
Welsh speakers in Cardiff, there is obviously a huge demand for a
Welsh festival in the city.
Tafwy’s main event is Tafwyl Fair, which has developed since
2006 as a fun-filled day which is a combination of artistic,
musical, cultural, and sport events all through the Welsh language.
In 2011, with 2,700 attendees, Tafwyl Fair became too large for its
location in the Mochyn Du Tavern in Sofia Gardens, therefore a more
suitable location was needed for the Festival in 2012.
Since 2012, Tafwyl has been part of Cardiff Festival – a
collection of events from June to September throughout Cardiff.
We need you!We are looking for volunteers to help us at this
year’s Cardiff International Food Festival 10 July - 12 July 2015.
Cardiff International Food and Drink Festival is one of the most
popular highlights of ‘summer in the city’. We are working in
partnership with local SME’s throughout the event.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for the day please
contact Emma Pridmore on [email protected].
