Santa Clause Gives a Welsh Language Shopping List to 'Orange' shop in Aberystwyth

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg can reveal that Santa Clause will visit the 'Orange' franchise mobile phone shop on Terrace Road, Aberystwyth this Saturday the 13th of December. Santa will pull from his sack a list of the services he would like to see 'Orange' provide in Welsh. Santa will then hand over the list to the workers at the shop asking them to forward it to 'Orange' head office, he will also ask the shop to support Cymdeithas' campaign by sending a letter to 'Orange' asking them to provide a bilingual service to their customers.

Response to the Rural Affairs sub-committee report on the re-organisation of rural schools

Cymdeithas yr Iaith have welcomed the report announced today by the Rural Affairs sub-committee on the re-organisation of rural schools. Cymdeithas have specifically welcomed the observations that the Local Authority should take seriously the consultation process with the local communities and that the effect of the re-organisation on the Welsh language should be a " major determinant " during the process.

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"Don't give in to Council Blackmail" - Plea to School Governors

Cymdeithas yr Iaith have sent an open letter to the governors of Ysgol Carreg Hirfaen Federated School, calling on them not to give in to the pressure from the County Council to close the 2 village sites at Ffarmers and Llanycrwys. The County Council has offered to pay for an extra porta cabin at the Cwmann site and the cost of transporting the children there, on condition that the other 2 sites are closed in January. In their letter to the chair of Governors, Cymdeithas yr Iaith call on the Board not to give in to this blackmail from the County Council.

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