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Austerity

Rescuing Welsh Universities – ‘Now is the Time to Act’

UCU Cymru’s Gareth Lloyd reflects on the immense value of Welsh universities and calls for immediate action to tackle their precarious financial situation.

18th December (17th December)
  • Politics and Policy

How money moves in Wales

Kelly Huxley-Roberts investigates the funding crisis currently affecting the third sector in Wales and outlines solutions to tackle it.

12th February (8th February)
  • Politics and Policy

You will never regret being kind

Noreen Blanluet finds solace in these troubled times by encouraging kindness as a daily practice

6th March (6th March)
  • Voices

We can’t talk about mental health and not talk about poverty

To break the disadvantage and distress cycle in our communities we need to start to think of it as a social issue not as a problem for individuals, argue Jen Daffin and Dr Sarah Brown.

19th February (6th April)
  • Politics and Policy

What happened when Welsh communities were given £1m of Lottery funding? 

Wales’s biggest community experiment shows that trusting local people to run local services works, writes Chris Johnes

11th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

‘Being the Change’ WCVA photo series: Citizens Advice Flintshire

Mae’r arddangosfa ‘Ni yw’r Newid’ yn taflu goleuni ar y cyfraniad rhagorol a wneir gan staff a gwirfoddolwyr at yr elusennau a’r mentrau cymdeithasol hyn. / The ‘Being the Change’ exhibition throws a spotlight on the wonderful contribution made by staff and volunteers to these charities and social enterprises.

26th March (25th March)
  • Uncategorised

The foundational economy: what’s housing got to do with it?

Tamsin Stirling considers how the concept of the foundational economy can add value to work already going on in the housing sector in Wales

13th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Libraries Gave Us Power: A Letter to Llandrindod, from Medellin

With news that Powys will close ten libraries, Dylan Moore writes from Medellin, Colombia, where libraries form the heart of civic regeneration

1st February
  • Culture

Mark Drakeford’s socialist credentials

Adam Johannes argues that with no socialist First Minister on offer, a new socialist movement must be built in Wales.

14th January (11th January)
  • Politics and Policy
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